All Safety & training Articles

In the last couple of years the welfare of those working with cranes has become a much higher profile concern around the world. Euan Youdale rounds up some of the actions that regulators and crane companies are taking to make the industry safer

In Ireland Wm. O' Brien Plant Hire has achieved an upgrade to its already awarded Occupational Health & Safety Management System standard

The municipality of Al Ain in Abu Dhabi, UAE has announced plans to develop an environment and health & safety management systems for the building and construction sector.

Online safety training company ClickSafety has announced Tim Spurlock is the new vice president of business development.

UK company, Instant Training, is offering customers a "Price Promise" which means it is never beaten on price.

One thing that will make a difference to safety in the Middle East is a new set of government operating requirements, which are likely to be introduced in the third quarter of 2009

Of the 7000 people who die from work-related cancers in the UK each year, up to two thirds are associated with construction.

Industry Skills Training (IST), based at the Victoria University Werribee campus, in Australia, has taken delivery of a set of specially-engineered tilt panels for the training of riggers

Mike Parnell, Industrial Training International (ITI) president, lays out six points that an employer should follow to help ensure a safe workplace

Comprehensive training for all those working with cranes is an ideal most of us would sign up to. Despite this, the industry is still in catch up mode according to some training centres in the US and UK. Euan Youdale speaks to three of them

JLG has developed an on-line training system for its customers which will help them make the best use of their time. The Learning Management System allows customers to take on-line courses and maintain their training history for both on-line and classroom courses.

IPAF (the International Powered Access Federation) has produced guidance for second party inspection bodies that carry out periodic, in-service inspections of MEWPs (mobile elevating work platforms).

Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau has formed a training alliance with Bishop Lifting Products in Texas, US

The NASC (National Access and Scaffolding Confederation) in the UK has published its guidance note TG20:08 - A Guide to good Practice for Scaffolding with Tubes and Fittings. It describes erection of that type of scaffolding to comply with European standard BS EN 12811-1, which supersedes BS 5973.

Miller by Sperian has been working with top arboriculture professionals to develop the Morpho belt. This is a triple leg loop belt designed to provide stability without compromising fluidity of movement.

Among the winners of Intermat's innovation awards was French company Made which received a silver award in the equipment and components category for its Sky Radio 2.0 system.

Crane Inspection & Certification Bureau in the US has formed a training alliance with West Coast Training to bring bi-monthly scheduled NCCCO certification programmes to the West Coast

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.

Miller by Sperian, has added a new lanyard product to its edge-tested fall protection range. The Manyard is an addition to the company's edge-tested product range designed to prevent accidents caused by the breakage of fall protection connection elements on edges.

Skyjack Europe has issued a reminder to owners to carry out regular inspections of machines following the failure of one of its model 8841 scissors on a Kier Group site in November.