We have received a terrifying video of a crane lifting a scaffold tower with a man on the platform
22.10.2021
Spider lift manufacturer CMC has updated its bulletin for S25/83HD+ /S28/92HD+ models asking owners to remove them from service if the previously announced retrofit has not been carried out yet.
11.09.2021
ICSA has released a new document - ‘Mobile Crane Ground Preparation for Wind Farm Construction’
11.08.2021
The UK’s HSE has issued its workplace fatality figures with the number of deaths up 25 percent from 2019/20
09.08.2021
The UK’s HSE is launching a consultation on changes to the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations
15.07.2021
The latest digital issue of Cranes & Access is now online and available to read or download
01.07.2021
IPAF is to publish its latest Global Safety Report and accident statistics in an online seminar presentation next week
18.06.2021
UK’s Network Rail has issued a safety alert following the collision of a road rail boom lift and a crane
06.05.2021
The ICSA recently met virtually to work on another three guidance documents for crane safety
31.03.2021
Italian spider lift manufacturer CMC has issued a non-mandatory update for its 25m 83HD+ spider lift in North America UPDATED NOW MANDATORY
08.03.2021
The latest digital issue of Cranes & Access is now online and available to read or download.
28.01.2021
Australia’s EWPA is publishing new guidance today on the selection and use of secondary guarding systems for aerial work platforms
02.11.2020
UK access rental company PG Platforms has taken delivery of two Multitel truck mounted telescopic platforms
16.10.2020
A fire broke at the top of the WTC building in Brussels yesterday engulfing a tower crane in smoke
07.08.2020 2
The mandatory wearing of face masks at work came into force this morning in Melbourne, Australia, with CICA publishing a helpful bulletin and WorkSafe clarifying exceptions
23.07.2020
The UK’s HSE has issued provisional workplace fatality figures with the lowest number of fatalities on record
02.07.2020
IPAF has published 'Covid-19 Safe Operating Guidance' to help with Covid-19 risk assesements and safety measures for using work platforms, mast climbers or hoists
13.05.2020
Two men working from a suspended platform in Florida were given a scare last week after a storm hit as they worked.
05.05.2020
The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has published a new standard for aerial work platform controls.
22.04.2020
As Covid-19 continues to take hold we are encouraged to see it bringing the best out of some people.
10.04.2020
Terex Utilities has launched the production version of its Positive Attachment Lanyard (PAL) warning device
08.04.2020
If you doubted the need for a harness and lanyard when unloading a boom lift a video demonstrates the point
01.04.2020
The latest safety film from the Napo consortium covers safe working at height and is worth a look
The UK’s CPA has issued an alert for long term out of service tower cranes on closed sites
31.03.2020