All Health & safety Articles
The latest participant in the Global Rental Alliance’s international rental exchange programme has traveled from Australia to Canada for a month-long exchange.
The American Rental Association (ARA) and its insurance arm ARA Insurance Services said their new delivery driver training programme would improve driver safety and cut rental business costs.
HAE (Hire Association Europe) has launched a new free advice hotline +44 (0)121 380 4646 for employment law, health and safety and legal advice.
HSS Hire in the UK posted an 11% increase in like-for-like revenues to £41.9 million for the first quarter of 2010. The company, which reported 26% increase in EBITDA profits to £9.3 million, said the results were “strongly ahead of market performance”.
Which?, the UK-based consumer rights organisation, has called for rental companies in the UK to improve their standards after a survey revealed safety faults in half of the tools it rented.
The UK government health and safety agency has warned that telehandlers should not be operated if the driver’s side window is missing or broken. The warning follows a fatal accident in February.
A new guide to the safe use of quick-hitches has been published in the UK outlining the responsibilities of all those involved in the use and planning of construction equipment.
A new ‘best practice’ guide on training and familiarization for aerial work platforms in the US and been launched following a collabaration between trade associations, manufacturers and rental companies.
UK rental company, AFI-Uplift have become the first in the powered access industry to run the new IPAF PAV (Push Around Verticals) training course).
NES Rentals has become an AWPT training center in the Chicago area and will offer International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)-based training.
Train the Trainer courses and operator training are now available for Sunbelt Rental customers
Terex Aerial Work Platforms has opened service training sites in Oklahoma City, OK and Southaven, MS.
South Africa’s Contractors Plant Hire Association (CPHA) has embarked on a major operator training programme using computer simulators to try to make up for the shortfall in operators caused in part by the high number of Aids/HIV-related deaths in the country.
Trico finishes nearly two-years without a recordable incident and has been awarded the American Subcontractors Association of New Jersey’s 37th Annual Safety Award.
Accidents involving semi-automatic couplers (attachment hitches) in the UK have led to some new regulations banning their sale. Will the rest of Europe and the world follow the UK lead? Dan Gilkes reports for IRN.
Terex AWP has introduced a free online service program for mechanics to learn more about troubleshooting and repair on Genie machines.
All boom, scissor and telehandler products sold by JLG in North America now have an extended warranty option.
The US access industry needs to ensure that Spanish speaking workers in the construction industry have access to the same training materials as other workers, said JLG's David Baxter at a recent US safety conference.
UK rental company GAP Group and its customer AMEY Group PLC are extending the Safety Awareness Days concept that the two companies piloted earlier this year.
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