AGS the French based manufacturer of safety devices for tower cranes has opened its own subsidiary in Spain.
10.05.2011
The Illinois training site of Local 150 International Union of Operating Engineers has become an AWPT training centre.
04.05.2011
UK based construction company Balfour Beatty issued a safety bulletin last week concerning an incident with a Pop-Up +.
19.04.2011
US based Manlift Manufacturing has introduced a new electronic collision warning system
18.04.2011
UK based King Trailers has won an order for 39 ‘beaver tail’ truck bodies from Lavendon Access Services.
12.04.2011
The UK’s HSE has issued advice following an investigation into the failure of a hook on a loader crane.
29.03.2011 2
Kevin Appleton of Lavendon and Carlos Fernández Araoz of GAM have gained their IPAF PAL Cards.
25.03.2011
A Perth court has fined two directors of D&G Cranes $45,000 each and the company $90,000 for a fatal accident in 2007.
11.03.2011
The Canadian Police are looking for a fraudulent crane inspector who has scammed cranes owners out of $40,000.
06.03.2011
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