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Terex Corporation has ceased
negotiations with Zoomlion Heavy
Industry Science and Technology
Co regarding the purchase of Terex
Corporation.
The sale of the Terex Material Handling
and Port Solutions (MHPS) business
segment to Konecranes is proceeding
as planned, subject to regulatory and
Konecranes shareholder approval.
Ken Lousberg, President, Terex Cranes
said the company is pleased to bring
Ahern, Genie, Haulotte, JLG, Manitou,
Nifty and Skyjack were all on site
with a diverse selection of EWPs that
company representatives utilised for
live demonstrations of their individual
emergency recovery procedures.
The meeting, hosted by Onsite Rental
Group at its St Marys branch, was well
attended with representatives from
supplier, rental and training companies as
well as Tier 1 construction companies and
included SafeWork NSW.
Every manufacturer took groups of
attendees through the emergency
descent and recovery procedures for
each access machine. Questions were
welcomed and provided attendees
opportunity to get up close and personal
with the various EWPs.
According to EWPA CEO, James
Oxenham, feedback was very positive
EWP emergency descent demonstration day
An EWPA meeting in late May held live demonstrations from all the major EWP
manufacturers on emergency recovery procedures.
with many attendees noting the high
quality of information presented.
“As the peak representative body of the
access industry in Australia, the Elevating
Work PlatformAssociation of Australia
(EWPA) is constantly striving to improve
safety and service standards throughout
Australia.
“An event like this emergency recovery
demonstration day, supported by all the
major manufacturers indicates the high
level of importance all members of the
access industry in Australia place on
safety. Operator safety when using EWPs
is paramount,” James said.
Guest Speaker at the EWPA meeting,
Robbie Wilkinson, from Wenn
Wilkinson & Associates discussed
emergency safety descent procedures
and the importance of retrieval
systems. The following is a summary
of his presentation.
Every machine must have a platform
retrieval system for emergencies.
Always use the lower controls as the first
option for retrieving the platform.
If other systems have been activated on
the machine it may require additional
emergency controls to be utilised. Decals
identifying these emergency controls
should be displayed next to the controls.
If the emergency stop button is pressed,
the emergency controls still work to lower
the platform.
You should never add systems to a
machine that can jeopardise the safety of
the machine.
If the key to the ground controls can
be removed with the platform in
Terex ceases MPHS sale negotiations
several months of uncertainty to an
end for customers, team members and
shareholders.
“With this uncertainty behind us, the
Terex team can focus our full efforts on
serving our customers. The favourable
impact of the MHPS sale will enhance
our financial position, enabling us to
invest in new products and services to
serve you even better in the future.”
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position, it is not compliant with the
latest standards. Be aware this non-
compliance will be common in machines
manufactured pre-2011.
Q:
When does a Standard become law?
A:
While not specifically law, the
Standards are the first step in satisfying
the requirements of OHS/WHS legislation
(which is law). Failure to meet the
standards can be viewed as a failure to
meet the intent of relevant legislation.
PPSA Update
The Commission which includes Tim
Nuttall, Gary Kerr, Oliver Shtein and
James Oxenham, have been busy
meeting with key stakeholders in
the Personal Property Securities Act
(PPSA). These include the office of the
Assistant Treasurer and Minister for
Small Business, the NSW Small Business
Commissioner’s office, the Australian
Bankers Association and the Australian
Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The PPSA committee met with the
Attorney General’s Department in May
which now has a better understanding
of our industry’s problems. The
department representatives were taken
to hire yards which helped illustrate the
issues.
Members are encouraged to lobby their
local MPs to keep this issue in focus.
Every manufacturer took groups of attendees
through the emergency descent and recovery
procedures for each access machine
Attendees got up close and personal with the
various EWPs