UK based tower crane rental company WD Bennetts, has been found guilty of health & safety breaches following the death of two men in a 2005 tower crane accident.
28.03.2009
A crawler crane toppled over in Grand Rapids, Michigan last night, taking the power out in the local area.
Tanfield, owner of UpRight and Snorkel, has announced that its North American venture, Smith Electric Vehicles U.S. Corp, will locate its new assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri.
27.03.2009
A tower crane collapse onto a block of apartments in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, on Wednesday killing a mother and child and injuring 10 others.
Skyjack has appointed two more new North American telehandler dealers, West Coast Equipment to handle its Zoom Boom range and MacAllister for its VR line.
The Queensland Mines Inspectorate has released a safety alert, warning operators of the risks associated with aerial work platform attachements falling from telehandlers
We now have photos of Liebherr’s new four axle mobile self erecting tower crane, the MK88, which replaces the MK80.
A tractor driver has died after his tractor was hit by a runaway All Terrain crane near Bradford in the UK.
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Spotted by a reader in Bangkok, high level welders with no concerns over safe work at height equipment.
26.03.2009
UpRight has announced that it has confirmed its stand at Intermat and plans to show a wide range of its products at the Paris show next month.
25.03.2009
Platform Sales Europe will exhibit at Intermat showing the new MEC models the 3084 Speed Level and 54ft heavy duty scissor.
A length of façade scaffold collapsed on a line of cars this morning in Exeter, UK, no one was injured although considerable damage was done.
Lavendon, the aerial lift rental specialist has agreed a restructuring plan for its UK operations following a period of consultation with its employees.
Loxam has reported revenues in 2008 of €848 million - 15% up on 2007, while net profits fell 32% to €37.1 million.
Over 360 tickets have been purchased for these years IPAF Summit, the first to be held outside of the UK. The event will be held in Dublin on April 2nd.
A man was spotted last week in the Liverpool area of the UK, carrying out a new work at height application – he clearly has special shoes.
A mobile crane tipped over yesterday at a building site in Manchester city centre, no one was injured and the operator escaped unhurt.
24.03.2009
Clare Engelke has joined the sales team at the Vertikal Press, publishers of Vertikal.Net and Cranes&Access.
A crane working on a railway upgrade in Telarah, near Maitland in Australias’s Hunter Valley, dropped 4 lengths of steel on a work crew yesterday, killing one and injuring four others.
International access and lifting company Easi UpLifts, is setting up a new truck mounted aerial lift rental fleet in the UK.
The first production unit of the new JLG Toucan 10E mast boom has been delivered to Stirnimann, the JLG distributor for Switzerland.
This report comes from Osterville on Cape Cod, and shows four different access methods on a single building.
23.03.2009
Link-Belt chief executive Chuck Martz has been appointed as a vice president of Sumitomo Heavy Industries
Konecranes UK has secured three power plant orders, two in the Middle East and one in Ireland.
