The number of periodic safety inspections carried out by participants BMWT-Keur in the first six months of 2017 has grown by 4 percentgrew compared to 2016. In the Mobile Internal Transport product group, the number of work equipment inspections grew the fastest at eight per cent.
In the first half of 2017, the number of BMWT-Keur participants increased from 143,000 to 149,000. Director BMWT-Keur Jan Hommes is pleased with this growth: "The figures show that employers consider safe work equipment important."
The biggest growth in number of periodic safety inspections inspections occurred in the Mobile Material Handling product group. The number of inspections in this product group grew by 8 per cent, from 67,000 in the first half of 2016 to 72,500 in the first half of 2017. The number of inspections also increased in the product groups Lifting Machines, Warehouse Equipment, Civil & Utility Building and GWW.
Intralogistics
The vast majority of BMWT inspections are carried out in the intralogistics world: Mobile Internal Transport, Warehouse Equipment and Traction Batteries. In the first half of 2017, inspections in intralogistics accounted for 90 per cent of the total number of inspections. The remaining 10 per cent of inspections were done in the GWW sector and construction.
Random checks
The inspections under BMWT-Keur are randomly checked. This means that a third party checks whether 1 per cent of the inspections have been carried out correctly. The inspection companies are also audited annually by TÜV Rheinland. The Inspectorate SZW and insurers recognise BMWT-Keur as a reputable quality mark. In the event of an accident, the expertise of the inspection is not called into question.
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