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The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Verizon for $140,700 due various safety violations following a Sept. 14, 2011 death of an employee who was electrocuted while working from a utility truck.

A Cleveland Public Power worker suffered a broken wrist and lacerations after the bucket truck he was working from tipped over on Jan. 19.

Platinum Equity has acquired NESCO Sales and Rentals. Platinum is the owner of Maxim Crane Works and acquired NESCO from an investor group led by Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company. NESCO founder and chief executive officer Rob Troxel will retain an ownership stake in the business going forward. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Tracked Lifts unveiled its newest Platform Basket to the North American market at ICUEE. The US-based company represents Italy's Platform Basket, and another European supplier of atrium lifts, Danish company Omme Lifts. The Platform Basket 18.90/46 kV is a fully insulated, dielectrically isolated tracked lift that was made specifically for the utility sector, Tracked Lift's president Mike Hrycak told ALH. The 55-foot-working-height unit is based on an Omme 60-foot ultra compact tracked lift.

ICUEE, held Oct. 4-6 in Louisville, KY, brought in 16,600 registered attendees making it the second largest show in its history, organizers announced on the closing day of the show. More than 800 exhibitors took more than 1.1 million net square feet for product displays and hands-on equipment demonstrations.

Italian-based manufacturer Socage introduced the DA365 to the - and for the - North American market at ICUEE this week in Louisville, KY.

Indiana-based NEsco Sales and Rentals has acquired the remainder of Terex Utilities' equipment rental fleet in Virginia, Tennessee and Texas.

The International Construction and Utility Equipment Exposition and Demo Expo will open advanced registration on June 8 for its Oct. 4-6 trade show in Louisville, KY.

Utility Equipment Leasing Corporation (UELC) has added 50 new rental trucks and aerials to its fleet. Equipment includes 45 to 60-foot digger derricks; 29 to 40-foot aerials; and 55-foot and 75-foot general digger derricks, the company said.

Odyne Systems, LLC, has appointed Terex Utilities as a global distributor for Odyne plug-in hyrbid systems for medium and heavy-duty vehicles.

Utility Equipment Leasing Corporation (UELC) has appointed Sagon Trucks of Jonesboro, GA as a dealer for the rental of digger derricks and bucket trucks in ranges up to 105 feet.

Indiana-based Nesco Sales and Rentals has acquired a portion of Terex Utilities' rental fleet. Terms of the deal have not been released.

Utility rental houses felt a pinch from the economic downturn, but nothing compared to the construction rental market. Lindsey Anderson reports

Lindsey Anderson asks ETI president Chris Neuberger to talk about the company's new owner

The Palfinger Group has acquired an 80 percent stake in Equipment Technology, LLC (ETI), expanding its reach in the US.

Canadian manufacturer Posi-Plus Technologies took the wraps off its biggest Line Champ model at ICUEE

Smith Electric Vehicles US Corporation, part of the Tanfield Group, has teamed up with Altec Industries Inc to introduce America's first all-electric utility truck with an aerial platform. The truck will be unveiled today (June 22) at the Electric Utility Fleet Managers Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Terex has developed a new, PHEV (plug-in, hybrid electric vehicle) system which is designed to help utility truck owners "go green".