IPAF, ARA, AEM, AED and SIA have launched a best practice publication to clarify harness use on aerial lifts in the USA.
01.03.2011
Over the next few weeks, the HSE in the UK is clamping down on unsafe working at height on construction sites.
28.02.2011
US based association AEM has issued a new safety manual for knuckle-boom log loaders.
04.02.2011
JLG has announced that it is equipping its telehandler range with a patented longtitudinal overload device.
03.02.2011
We reported in December on the use of a scissor lift while inebriated. It seems that a large number of you missed it.
20.01.2011
The Crane Industry Council of Australia (CICA) has launched a voluntary accident reporting scheme.
17.01.2011
IPAF has ‘flagged’ the fact that the late Nigel Pargetter in the British radio drama The Archers should have used a MEWP.
14.01.2011 1
The UK Health & Safety Executive has issued a warning regarding the oscillating axle interlock on JLG 400/500RTS models.
07.01.2011
Australia's CFMEWA Union has slammed a contractor for work at height abuses in a very public way.
27.12.2010
UK based AFI-Uplift has announced that it has achieved accreditation to the ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001 standards.
25.11.2010
Spain could become the first country to develop a national standard for aerial lift operator training.
08.11.2010
In the wake of the Notre Dame accident IPAF has called for action to ensure that only trained individuals use aerial lifts.
04.11.2010
The UK’s NASC has issued a report that is highly critical of scaffold permit checks by local authorities.
03.11.2010
A new CEN Working Group has been formed to develop a European standard for transport platforms.
18.10.2010
Lavendon UK is requiring all managers to take an Institution of Occupational Safety and Health course.
21.09.2010
UK based training company OMS has recently run a Work at Height awareness day for HSE inspectors.
04.09.2010
UK based aerial lift rental company 2 Cousins has gained the Safe Contractor accreditation.
23.08.2010
UK based A-Plant has won the RoSPA and Severn Trent Water Occupational Health and Safety Award 2010.
10.08.2010
IPAF has issued a warning over CE approvals/certification carried out by UK based Beide Product Service.
06.08.2010 1
The US Crane & Derricks in Construction Final Rule has been released, legislators say that it will save 22 lives and $55 million a year.
29.07.2010 2
The new US Cranes and Derricks standard will finally be published tomorrow during a live online chat hosted by OSHA.
27.07.2010
The Strategic Forum has released its Best Practice Guidance for overhead trapping and crushing incidents with MEWPS
16.07.2010
The UK’s HSE is inviting contractors to a mock trial to show what happens when things go wrong.
15.07.2010
Manitowoc/Potain has issued a service bulleting and warning regarding a batch of substandard tower spigots.
24.06.2010
