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ACCESS IN ACTION
Telescopic
Handler
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The drive to create and
develop an industry association
solely for the telescopic handler
market has been engineered
by a broad spectrum of our
market and it is with great
enthusiasm the TSHA is now
meeting on a regular basis at
national and executive level.
The recent executive meeting
in Sydney (17 June) was well
attended with some real
progress in the continued
development of the Gold Card
dedicated telescopic handler
(
TSH) training program.
The EWPA has just launched
its new EWP Operator Licence
and Training program which
is a nationally accredited and
recognised unit of competence
and the TSHA is keen to
develop a similarly accredited
and recognised national
training program for TSH
operators.
Agreement was also reached
at the meeting on the updated
TSH AS1418.19 compliance
check list, which will soon be
on the TSHA web site. From
inception the TSHA has offered
an online checklist as end user
guidance when evaluating TSH
Driving safety and training issues
TSHA PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
compliance to the Australian
Standard. This is an invaluable
tool for our entire market and
the TSHA widely encourages its
use. The updated compliance
checklist ensures we, as an
industry, are operating safely
and meeting, if not exceeding,
Australian Standards.
TSH safety is always
paramount and all the
measures and compliance
checklists and information
we provide and continue
to develop, specific to our
industry, are about raising
industry expectations of safety.
While we have no recent
safety incidents to report on in
Australia, we have seen a tragic
incident in Canada where a
marshall was run over by a
compact TSH after bending
down to pick up his radio.
Other incidents overseas
including NZ were a result of
operator error and machine
instability.
It is well worth reminding
our readers and the industry
overall, that AS1418.19 has
industry leading stability
criteria with guidance for pick
and carry applications.
TSH Pick and Carry stability
requirements are even in excess
of Australian Crane standard
AS1418.5.
AS1418.19 requires TSHs
are equipped with load charts
advising the operator of the
pick and carry capabilities of
the machine. Under the TSH
Australian Standard compliance
requirements, TSHs must be
tested on +/-5 degree slope
but cranes compliance, which
comes under AS1418.5, only
requires testing on +/-1 degree
slope. It is satisfying to know
the TSHA is meeting as well as
exceeding the exacting safety
standards of the crane industry.
Safety is one area where we
cannot afford to be lax.
These Standard requirements
also highlight the need for
owners of TSHs to ensure
their machines are compliant
with AS1418.19 and are also
maintained in accordance with
AS2550.19.
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Stuart Walker
TSHA National President
Established in May 2012,
Koodaideri Contracting Services
are Western Australia’s first
100%
fully indigenous owned
lifting company specialising in
lifting and contracting work in
rail and construction industries.
Managing Director, Peter
Todd, said: “Because we were
just becoming established we
didn’t want to go too big, too
soon so we decided on a Terex
25
Tonne Pick and Carry crane.
“
With mobility as the primary
requirement, we investigated
the different cranes available.
We work on construction
sites and in mines with rough
tracks and we needed a
25
Tonne crane for indigenous lifting co
crane with the
manoeuvrability
to get to any of
the lifting sites.
“
The particular
strengths of
this crane
include operator
comfort, ease of
manoeuvrability,
smoothness
of control, its
carrying capacity
and the ability to
operate virtually anywhere.
“
There is a lot of work in
the gas pipeline construction
business at the moment and
we also do a lot of rail work
which involves lifting 25-30m
rail lengths. We needed a crane
that had the strength to lift the
rails and to travel with its load.”
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