Spotted by a reader in California, a man fixing a gutter downpipe without any access equipment.
02.12.2011
Two UK companies have been fined £30,000 each for a lift accident that dates back to 2006.
New Zealand’s department of labour has charged 3 with the death of a man, killed in a telehandler overturn.
01.12.2011
Two men died earlier today after the boom lift they were working in overturned in Atlanta, Georgia.
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UK based crane rental company Bernard Hunter has taken delivery of the first Liebherr LTC 1045-3.1 crane in the UK.
It’s time for our annual rental rate survey, this year’s forms are can be downloaded and easily completed - Please help make this the best survey ever.
TCA Lift has supplied a 52m Falcon FS520C track mounted spider lift for the maintenance at Petronas twin towers
A crane operator died last night at the Thyssen Krupp stainless steel plant in Calvert, Alabama.
30.11.2011
UK based Warren Access has added another 20 metre Multitel MX200 truck mounted aerial lift to its fleet.
Cargotec has agreed a long term partnership with Komas,which includes the sale of its Narva, plant in Estonia.
Kobelco Cranes has started production of its S series of crawler cranes for emerging markets.
Demag Cranes has delivered the first mobile harbour cranes to Papua New Guinea.
German based crane rental company Hüffermann Krandienst has taken delivery of new Liebherr LTM 1100-5.2.
A large boom truck overturned on Friday while lifting a tree from the back garden of a house in Wyckoff, New Jersey.
Ashtead owned Sunbelt Rentals has acquired Pacific High Reach & Equipment Services, of Orange, California
Aerial lift manufacturer Snorkel, has appointed Mike Falcon as its new regional sales manager for South America.
A number of buildings were evacuated in North Carolina, yesterday after the boom of a mobile crane buckled.
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Spotted last week by a reader in Finland – four men working on an icy…snowy apex roof, without edge protection
29.11.2011
A UK review of health & safety regulations recommends substantial cuts including scrapping the Tower Crane register.
Kaj Hoffmann, one of the pioneers of powered access rental in Sweden, has died aged 69, following a short illness.
UK Forks the telehandler rental company, owned by Vp, has reported a strong first half for revenues and profits.
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Two men were injured yesterday after their scissor lift suffered a structural failure in Mansfield, Connecticut.
28.11.2011
Finnish based crane company Havator Group has appointed Kristian Nummelin as as technical director.
Palfinger is to buy back up to nine percent of its publicly traded shares over the next three years.
