WorkSafe Victoria has released a statement concerning the fatal tower crane incident in Melbourne last week
11.09.2018
Safety harness producer SpanSet Germany has appointed Andreas Höltkemeier as managing director
22.08.2018
UK based Nationwide Platforms has developed an attachment for installing safety netting with platforms
22.08.2018 1
The SC&RA has responded to OSHA's draft clarification notice on crane operator certification
12.07.2018
JLG Australia has asked owners of Australian/New Zealand versions of its 1932R scissors to withdraw them from service
05.07.2018
US based ReachMaster will introduce anti-entrapment safety systems on its Falcon and Bluelift models
13.06.2018
Genie will unveil the prototype of new secondary guarding system for scissor and mast type lifts at Vertikal Days
08.05.2018
The UK's National Access & Scaffolding Confederation( NASC) is to hold a Future of Safe Scaffolding event
07.05.2018
Tower crane anti-collision system manufacturer SMIE has appointed Jean-Charles Delplace as managing director
25.04.2018
Last month we uploaded the 40,000th photograph to the news section of the Vertikal.net website
16.04.2018 1
Ruthmann has launched a new secondary guarding system for its truck mounted lifts
10.03.2018
An electric slab scissor lift was rented to work on a façade in the UK, but a ramp below the work posed a problem
07.02.2018 6
Skyjack is to launch a form of secondary guarding for scissor lifts next month the SG Lift Enable
27.01.2018
Teupen has unveiled details of its new TOP secondary guarding system for its upper controls.
23.01.2018
The Lifting Equipment Engineers Association is holding its annual conference this week in Telford, UK
30.11.2017
Spotted in Bournemouth, UK a man dangling from a truck mounted platform having fell out of the basket
21.11.2017
OSHA has confirmed that the deadline for crane operators to be certified in the USA has been postponed
09.11.2017
BSi has released the revised code of practice for the safe use of aerial lifts and mast climbers
03.11.2017
A report on a fatal traffic incident involving a Franna AT 20 is highly critical and calls for changes in the law
30.10.2017 1
The Institution of Mechanical Engineers will hold its second Crane Safety confererence in London tomorrow
19.09.2017 1
Exemption from an annual road safety inspection for large truck mounted lifts and HGV mounted cranes is to end
18.09.2017
As hurricane Irma barrels towards the Florida coast contractors dozens of tower cranes may face 185mph winds
08.09.2017
US based Crane Institute Certification (CIC) has introduced a tower crane operator certification programme
30.08.2017
US safety agency OSHA has delayed the implementation of mandatory crane operator certification until November 2018
