Niftylift has set out on a German road show with three of its most popular boom lifts.
29.08.2008
Platformer Days the German aerial lift show for industry specialists opened today with a number of new products on display.
A man is in a critical condition after an access platform he was using toppled over on a construction site in Witney, Oxfordshire.
Five men working on a broadcast tower in Jakarta, Indonesia, died after falling more than 50 metres, following the failure of a sling.
Lavendon, the world’s largest powered access rental company has reported its first half results with revenues up 40% and profits up 43%.
UK based crane rental company Specialist Hire Group has taken delivery of a new Terex Demag AC200-1.
28.08.2008
An All Terrain crane tipped over at a water pumping plant in Dallas yesterday, injuring two.
Linamar, the Canadian automotive component supplier that owns Skyjack has lain off between 400 and 500 employees.
Here is one almost beyond belief, thanks to a reader from Estonia, a man using a grab to work at height.
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
