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ACCESS in ACTION

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.”

Visit: www.terex.com/en/investor-

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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