Linamar, the Canadian automotive component supplier that owns Skyjack has lain off between 400 and 500 employees.
28.08.2008
A man was electrocuted last night when his aerial lift hit power cables yesterday evening at Armthorpe Moto-Parc, near Doncaster, UK.
Alcan Australia faces a $1 million fine for failing to maintain its aerial lifts following the death of an employee who was not wearing his harness.
Climbing to the top of a large extension ladder is one thing, but when you are steadying another ladder and you mobile phone rings?
27.08.2008
IPAF has teamed up with the American Rental Association (ARA) to gather data on the North American powered access industry.
Harsco, owner of SGB has secured a three-year, $20 million extension to its scaffold contract for the final phase in the repainting of the Forth Rail Bridge in Scotland.
Oil&Steel, the Italian manufacturer of Spider lifts and truck mounted platforms has appointed Power-Lift as its master distributor for Germany.
A light train was derailed today in Calgary Canada when it struck the boom of a mobile crane. Several people have been injured.
Link-Belt has celebrated the completion of its new production facilities in Lexington, Kentucky.
Finnish based rental company Cramo has acquired the rental equipment owned by MSE A/S of Falster, Denmark and signed a five year supply deal.
A man cleaning windows on the 12th storey of an apartment block fell to his death yesterday after his attachment points gave way.
A truck crane tipped onto an occupied house in Singapore yesterday fortunately no one was injured. Singapore is also stepping up the penalties for such accidents.
MEC has confirmed that Gary Crook will join the company as director of new product development.
Horizon Platforms, the Wakefield, UK, based powered access rental company has placed a further order with JLG.
The front page of yesterday’s Gulf News business section carried a great picture of state of the art scaffold erection techniques,
Four construction workers were seriously injured after the tower crane they were erecting collapsed on Sunday afternoon near Lapu-Lapu City, Phillipines.
26.08.2008
A concrete pump tipped over on a job site at The Bridge of Allan in Scotland last week, due to poor outrigger set up.
MacGregor the marine crane business owned by Cargotec, has won an order for two 150-tonne offshore cranes from Finnish shipowner Finstaship.
Today’s example comes from a reader in the Baltic states, you have all heard of standing on the roof of a van to reach something, this example goes one further.
Finning Canada has acquired the assets of privately-owned equipment rental company Fort Saskatchewan Rentals from owners Dave and Judy Dickson.
A 26 year old construction worker working from a truck mounted lift was electrocuted last week after he touched a high voltage power line in Oklahoma.
25.08.2008
A US based mast climber company was recently called on to audit some platforms in use on a plastering job…..here is what was discovered.
Manitowoc has launched an online rental site for dealers and customers interested in renting the ‘chopper’ bike it launched at Conexpo.
The Genie Blue song, written by employee Scott Owyen has been awarded a Silver Communicator Award by the International Academy of the Visual Arts.
