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News Release from: KBA
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 May 2004
KBA Rapida Presses Win Pressroom Safety
Award
The ergonomic design of KBA's Rapida sheetfed offset presses has contributed to reducing the number of accidents in the pressroom, said the company.
The ergonomic design of KBA's Rapida sheetfed offset presses has contributed to reducing the number of accidents in the pressroom, said the company That has now been recognised by the Berufsgenossenschaft Druck und Papierverarbeitung (the equivalent of the Health and Safety Executive in the UK or OSHA in the US), which has awarded a certificate to the entire Rapida press range, represented on KBA's Drupa 2004 stand
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The award was part of an accident-prevention campaign called Safe Footing that the BGDP has launched to highlight the many hazards encountered in a production environment.
German industry spends around eight billion Euros each year in compensation for falls suffered at the workplace.
Presenting the certificate yesterday to KBA president Albrecht Bolza-Schunemann, Albrecht H.
Gl?ckle, head of accident prevention at the BGDP, said: "This is in recognition of KBA's long-standing success in promoting crew safety by designing ergonomic access steps and catwalks." Broad steps on the presses reduce the risk of personal injury and plate damage when plates are being transported, said KBA. Request free introductory details about products from KBA ...
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