Hire and Rental News - November 2018

ACCESS in ACTION our customers. We have developed our spare parts capabilities and placed more focus on training programs and technical support at our major service and repairs facility in Dandenong.” Visit: www.haulotte.com Haulotte delivers $7m order to Coates Hire The order which is stated to fulfil Coates Hire rental requirements for the near term included 350 Optimum 8 AC, 36 Compact DX scissor lifts, as well as 20 HA16 RTJ PRO articulating booms. Keith Clarke, General Manager Haulotte Australia said: “2017 was a great year for us, but 2018 has exceeded all expectations following this large order of some of our best and most popular models. “The Optimum 8AC is class leading and fast becoming one of Australia’s most popular scissor lifts thanks to its fast operation speeds and compact design. The HA16 is a versatile boom with industry leading working envelope and outreach of 8.3m,” Keith said. Coates Hire said the order is part of a growth strategy to meet strong rental demands across the east coast and refreshes the company’s access fleet. “Haulotte was able to offer products that meet our strategic and commercial needs. We were impressed with the level of service and support offered as well as the innovative features like Haulotte Activ’Screen which will make technical support even easier,” Dan Goodfellow, Category Manager for Coates Hire said. “The onboard diagnostics tool Haulotte Activ’Screen will offer Coates Hire three times faster fault finding capabilities thanks to the machine sensors and digital readouts which can result in less call outs for personnel and downtime of a machine,” Keith said. Apart from Haulotte Activ’Screen, other recent technology developments and features from the manufacturer include safety improvements with Haulotte Activ’Shield Bar, which protects operators from potential crushing situations and Haulotte Activ’Lighting System which lights up the machine and the area around it for safe loading and unloading from trucks at night. Damien Gautier, Haulotte Managing Director of Asia, Pacific and Middle East region said: “Australia is one of our fastest growing markets and the local team is expanding to meet this new growth as well as the parts and services support expected by Representing Haulotte’s most significant order to date with Coates Hire, Haulotte has completed delivery of over 400 machines valued at over $7million. Haulotte has delivered on a significant order to Coates Hire The Coates Hire order is part of a growth strategy Trestle ladder scaffold systems – what is required for compliance continued from p43... 44 ACCESS IN ACTION • NOVEMBER 2018 why AS 4576 does not recommend using trestle scaffold above 2m. “AS 1576 does describe the use of toe boards in 3.10 edge protection and if trestle scaffolds are included in this standard, then I would think they are required, unless other controls are used.” Contact: michael.mccabe@sa.gov.au or visit: www.safework.sa.gov.au NT WORKSAFE Andrew Lucas, Principal Inspector, Team leader for NT WorkSafe said: “We don’t see many trestle ladder scaffolds up here, but if we were to see them, we’d expect to see them conform to the specs as represented by SafeWork NSW (see above).” Andrew said he had a couple of exceptions to the NSW rules, including: From SafeWork NSW Joshua Kent’s notes: “Under this Australian Standard, to comply, trestle ladder scaffolds have to: • have minimum light duty rating; • have minimum 450mm wide working platform; (Andrew notes: The only extra I would add is minimum of 450mm working platform but if using 2 single planks to gain the appropriate width then the 2 planks are to be clamped for stability.); • have edge protection comprising guardrail/midrail/toeboard or guardrail/infill panel where a person or object could fall more than 2m; • have dedicated safe means of access, either cross bearers spaced approx 300mm apart or external access; • external access where the platform is installed lower than the top cross bearer or the platform extends beyond the ladder; • be erected by a licenced scaffolder if they are over 4m high. Contact: ntworksafe@nt.gov.au or visit: www.worksafe.nt.gov.au