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ACCESS IN ACTION • FEBRUARY 2017

ACCESS in ACTION

United has been appointed exclusive

national distributor for the Elevah range

which is focused on enhancing workplace

efficiency while preventing accidents and

falls from lower heights.

The Italian-designed-and-built range

includes the Elevah 40 Move, a self-

propelled aluminium personal access lift

with a class-leading 4m working height

that has won the International Powered

Access Federation (IPAF) Product of the

Year award for low-level access.

The first vertical mast (access) and order

picker (forklift) products to be distributed

in Australia include the Elevah 40 Move

Stock Picker, as well as the Elevah 51

Move Stock Picker with up to 5.1m

working height and the Elevah 65 Move

Stock Picker with a working height of up

to 6.5m.

All Elevah products to be distributed in

Australia respond to the latest European

and global safety regulations applying to

traditional ladder systems, United Forklift

and Access Solutions’ General Manager,

Sales, Marketing and Distribution, Trent

Osborne said.

“While these have resulted in more

cumbersome and heavier conventional

systems, the light and safe Elevah

systems have provided a totally new and

more efficient solution to an old problem.

The Elevah range offers the greatest lift

heights in its class at a competitive and

affordable rate,” he said.

Elevah products, manufactured by

Faraone Industrie, feature safe working

platforms with built-in protection cages

for operators and nimble performance

for safe operation even in crowded or

restricted spaces. The compact and

versatile access machines each feature

tight turning performance with a high

turning radius that enables the machinery

to turn virtually within its own footprint,

Trent said.

Major advantages include it being safer

than conventional ladder systems,

helping to reduce preventable falls in the

workplace from relatively low heights.

In NSW alone, between July 2011 and

31 May 2016, 3,168 workers were injured

Workplace ladders upgraded to safer, swifter performance

A global range of ladder systems and access equipment purpose-built to provide solutions

to major workplace safety and efficiency issues is being introduced to Australia by United

Forklift and Access Solutions.

The Elevah 40 Move has won a global award for

low level access

in falls from ladders, including two

fatalities at a total cost of $54.5 million to

the NSW workers’ compensation system.*

Nationally, in the eight years from 1 July

2003 to 30 June 2011, 37 workers died

following a fall from a ladder.**

Safety features including side entrance

with sensors which stop the cage

opening; dual operator presence device;

anti-tilting device; electronic slope

monitoring; overload monitoring.

The Elevah range complements United’s

broader national ranges of forklift and

access equipment, including CAT forklifts

and Konecranes lift trucks in capacities

up to 65 tonnes, as well as the full range

of Haulotte access equipment.

* SafeWork NSW – SafeWork NSW issues

ladder safety warning, www.safework.

nsw.gov.au/news/media-release/

safework-nsw-issues-ladder-safety-

warning

** SafeWork Australia – work-related

injuries and fatalities involving a fall from

height, Australia, www.safeworkaustralia.

gov.au/sites/SWA/about/Publications/

Documents/812/Falls-from-Height.pdf

Contact: 131 607 or visit the website:

www.unitedequipment.com.au

Crane service organisation, Konecranes,

is launching a new state-of-the-art

technician training centre in Sydney to

provide its technicians with industry-

specific training on crane use, service,

maintenance and inspections.

The new technician training centre,

which has a strong focus on efficiency,

safety and operations and standards

compliance, complements the existing

centre in Perth and covers technical,

electrical, product-specific, maintenance,

inverter and inspector training.

“A major advantage of our training

centres is not only does it refresh

the knowledge the technicians

have acquired at TAFE or college,

but it provides them with training

specific to industrial applications, and

comprehensively prepares them for

real-world tasks they’ll be performing,”

Konecranes launches new technician

training centre

Martin Davies, National Technical

Training Manager, Konecranes said.

“The training programs involve a mixture

of theoretical and practical components,

and give our technicians all the

required skills to be OEM and Standards

compliant,” Martin said.

The training centres feature advanced

simulators, delivered straight from

Konecranes head office in Finland, so

trainees can practice using cranes

and associated equipment in a safe

environment that mirrors real-world

conditions.

“We don’t just cover Konecranes

equipment either – we provide training

for cranes and equipment from other

manufacturers too.”

Contact: 02 8796 7666 or visit website:

www.konecranes.com.au