BITA Management Board

The BITA Board is elected annually at the BITA AGM to represent BITA’s membership. Its members, who are all employed by the companies that belong to BITA, provide their services as volunteers. The Board is responsible for the Association’s policy formulation and financial control, but delegates day-to-day operations to the BITA Staff.

As of 15 May 2008, the BITA Board is comprised as follows:

President Richard Close, Briggs Equipment

Vice President, Communications and Careers Director Tim Waples (Doosan Infracore)

Truck Suppliers Group (TSG) Chairman, Statistics and Technical Policy Committee liaison Tom McCloy (Still Materials Handling)

Component Suppliers Group (CSG) Chairman Tony Wheeler (REMA Lipprandt GmbH & Co. KG)

Technical Policy Committee (TPC) Chairman Derek Rice (Electrofit Zapi)

FEM/BMHF Representative David Rowell (Hyster)

IMHE Director and CFTS Director Brian Tyrer (Pyroban)

CFTS Director/BITA Finance Steve Hodkinson (Toyota Material Handling)

Company Secretary of BITA & CFTS; IMHE Director James Clark (BITA)
James is a member of the BITA Staff.

BITA's Contribution to the HSE's new warehouse
safety guide

Early in 2008 the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) published a second edition of its book Warehousing And Storage: A Guide To Health And Safety (HSG 76). This is an essential best practice manual to help maximise safety in all aspects of warehousing and storage operations.

The new edition of the book included extensive co-operation between the HSE and the Warehousing Health and Safety Forum (WHSF). The WHSF is a committee of experts drawn from trade associations, trade unions and employer organisations – and the British Industrial Truck Association, BITA, is a member.

BITA's key concern was emphasising the importance of proper, effective maintenance and inspection of lift trucks. The HSE book includes a tabular listing of all commonly-used industrial truck types, together with the statutory instruments governing their inspection regimes, and the maximum inspection intervals applicable to each.

For peace of mind and full legal compliance, operators should choose a Thorough Examination provider accredited by the CFTS Thorough Examination scheme, in which BITA is a joint stakeholder.

Warehousing And Storage: A Guide To Health And Safety
HSE Books, 2007, 124pp. ISBN 9780717662258. Price £14.50+VAT

Cover image © HSE