A scissor lift owned by UK rental company AFI was stolen this weekend but quicky recovered due to its tracker
31.03.2015
The HSE is finally prosecuting a company and its owner for the fatal tower crane collapse in Battersea in 2006.
17.02.2015
A UK court has ruled that a spider lift which overturned while trimming trees was not fit for purpose.
14.01.2015
Hertz has confirmed that it is unable to file its quarterly report while investigations continue
13.11.2014
In Singapore the Ministry of Manpower has taken action against 79 companies following ‘Operation Goldcrest’
11.11.2014
French aerial lift manufacturer EGI Platforms has been caught fraudulently claiming to be an IPAF member
07.10.2014 1
The union UCATT is balloting crane operators at UK tower crane specialist HTC in a dispute over pay UPDATED
07.10.2014
A team of criminals is currently working the used aerial lift market and successfully defrauding companies
30.09.2014
OSHA has officially extended the deadline to ensure that crane operators are certified until late 2017
29.09.2014
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has raided the offices of JCB India following a complaint.
23.09.2014
A UK company has been fined £200,000 following a boom lift fatality in April 2010 in East Ayrshire, Scotland.
16.09.2014
The UK's CPS has announced that it is charging Baldwins Crane Hire with corporate manslaughter
15.09.2014
Rope specialist DSM Dyneema has prevented a Chinese company from registering the Chyneema trademark
11.09.2014
Jost Engineering (Austria) is being liquidated but will have no affect on the German Jost Cranes business
28.08.2014
A company owner could face over six years jail and a $1 million fine following a fatal boom lift incident
27.08.2014
Hertz has withdrawn its 2014 forecasts and delayed the separation of Car and Equipment rental
21.08.2014
Genie will modify its products in October to comply with the latest version of European standard EN280
01.08.2014
Today is the 40th anniversary of the UK’s landmark legislation – the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
31.07.2014
UK based truck mounted lift company Blade Access Specialist Ltd is being formally liquidated
10.07.2014
The USA’s National Commission for the Certification of Crane Operators has certified its 100,000th person
02.07.2014
The UK’s Metropolitan Police has changed its abnormal load restrictions in the London/Metropolitan area
19.06.2014 1
We recently received a letter from the ‘UK Corporate Portal’ suggesting that you need to register your VAT number
11.06.2014
Anthony Chiofalo, the ex-VP legal affairs at Tadano America has been sentenced to 40 years
06.05.2014 1
UK based Kimberly Access has written to its employees today regarding its fleet of Genie Z-135/70 boom lifts
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