The EWPA recently released a Guidance on Major Inspections – for owners and service providers – which provides information for those considering undertaking a major inspection. The Guidance follows requirements as laid out in the ...
All HRIA members in the scaffolding industry can review and submit comment to the draft of the proposed revision to Australian & New Zealand Standard AS 4576, ‘Guidelines for Scaffolding’. The Public Comment period is ...
IPAF has appointed Peter Douglas as its new CEO following the sudden departure of Tim Whiteman earlier this year. Peter joins IPAF from Pullman Fleet Services, where he had been Managing Director since March. Before ...
In recognition of National Safework Month, the EWPA continues to enhance their existing portfolio of access industry training programs, offering MEWP supervisor training to any tier 1 contractor interested in taking their awareness of EWP ...
Starting this week, WorkSafe Victoria will be conducting a targeted blitz at domestic and commercial building sites on the use of portable ladders. In a notice, issued last week, WorkSafe Victoria announced they will be ...
Australian release of the new AS 10896.1:2019 represents the first national adoption of the ISO standard ISO10896.1. The recent release of the new standard, AS 10896.1:2019 Rough-terrain trucks – Safety requirements and verification, Part 1: ...
Snorkel has added a line of rough terrain telehandlers to its range, including the Snorkel SR626, SR1442, and SR1745 models. First introduced at World of Concrete 2018 in Las Vegas, USA, the compact Snorkel SR626 ...
A new partnership between Hamburg based intralogistics solutions solution providers Jungheinrich and Dutch international aerial work platform and telehandler rental specialist, Riwal has been formed on an international scale to rent their equipment. Jungheinrich will ...
The Global Access Meeting held in Melbourne, immediately prior to HIRE19 in 21 May, discussed safety advice from Worksafe Victoria. Themeeting included a Standards update and news from the UK as well as opportunities for ...
Snorkel’s first-ever lithium-ion powered aerial lift, the Snorkel SL26E, is a new zero emission Speed Level powered by lithium-ion battery packs which offer performance benefits when compared with the current diesel-powered equivalent, the company said. ...