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There are some obvious material costs when one of your lifts is involved in an accident. But, as JEFF STACHOWIAK, director of access training and safety at Sunbelt Rental in the US explains, there are significant ‘soft’ costs as well. Plus, on page 37, IPAF's Tim Whiteman explains the logic behind the organisation's new guidance on wearing harnesses in MEWPs.

Harnesses save lives and should be worn in boom lifts, says IPAF managing director Tim Whiteman.

Kennards Hire in Australia is a A$100 million tool and equipment rental company with 79 depots, but it doesn't employ mechanics and it doesn't have any workshops. So who does the repair and maintenance on its equipment?PETer Lancken, Kennards’ managing director, explained how at the recent Hire Association Europe rental conference in Edinburgh.

Ramirent has sold its 50% holding in Stavdal Lift AB, the Swedish aerial platform rental company, and will establish a much larger Ramirent-branded aerial rental business in Sweden. The sale price was not disclosed.

Lavendon has announced a major restructuring of its German Zooom powered access rental operation. 1250 machines will be taken from the fleet, with 400 going into the UK, France (where the fleet will grow to 1000) and the Middle East. The remainder will be sold into the used equipment markets in Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Southern Asia and the Far East. The company is also closing 24 depots with the loss of 100 jobs.