Two boys caught climbing up a 23 m tower crane on a building site in York, triggered angry response.
08.08.2007
Panther Platform Rentals recently sent a truck mount out to remove a bee’s nest from a pub chimney
07.08.2007
Tadano has officially opened its new loader crane plant in Tadotsu, Japan.
A police department has called for witnesses to a fatal aerial lift accident in New York State yesterday.
06.08.2007
An increasing number of crane and access companies are investing in young people, Active rentals is investing more than most.
Vp, the UK based owner of UK Forks and Hire station has purchased ET Hire in Scotland.
Acquisitive Spanish rental company Euroloc has purchased Spanish access rental company Umesa.
The Lavendon Group has purchased Higher Platforms Group the midlands (UK) based powered access rental company.
When firemen were called in to rescue the operator of a 50m tower crane, following a medical emergency they did not expect to find such a big man.
05.08.2007
A 59 year rail crane operator died last Thursday when his crane toppled off of the tracks in Gillette, Northern Wyoming.
Kranlyft UK is to extend the standard warranty it offers on the Maeda mini cranes it sells to 24 months.
03.08.2007
Tanfield has announced its branding strategy for UpRight and Snorkel. and adds 10 new models to the UpRight range.
One of our readers sent us the following photographs in the form of a slide presentation testing your ability to spot risks in the workplace.
A man has died after falling from an unguarded alloy tower platform in Worthing, UK yesterday.
Leicestershire, UK, based Midland Access is entering the truck mounted lift rental market.
Crane operators in Hong Kong are to be put through a two day safety course as a reaction to a fatal accident last month.
02.08.2007
The cause of a crane tip-over in Regina, Canada last week is still a mystery. The owner, GCL has issued a statement.
The Platform Company recently supplied a NiftyLift HR21 to the BBC for the filming of a documentary on the floods in the city of Hull.
Two men are in hospital today with serious head injuries after their truck mounted lift was clipped by a truck.
Lasse Sunnergren of Zip Up Svenska has hung up his harness and retired.
Romsey, UK based SHB hire has ordered 30 Hiab cranes for its fleet.
Nationwide Skylift has taken delivery of its first 37m Ruthmann Truck mounted platform.
01.08.2007
A J Access Platforms has appointed John Swift to its board of directors.
Oshkosh has announced its third quarter results which show a strong improvement at JLG.
