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Our best wishes to Craig Mann who retired last Friday after 6 years service with Facelift and 20 years with Universal Aerial Platforms. Craig has contributed immensely to the success of the business, and will be missed by customers and colleagues alike. Craig is seen here taking our new Renault Twizzy for a spin with Facelift's MD, Gordon Leicester - as they drove out of the yard, someo ... more
We're offering the chance to win a trip to New York for two with all Hire and Training bookings taken in August. Visit one of the greatest cities in the world, see some of New York's amazing sites, climb the Statue of Liberty, and visit the Empire State Building the must see New York Landmark. All you have to do is make a booking for hire or training with us during the month of August for your ch ... more
Lessons learned following a fatality on a non-London 2012 project involving a mobile elevated working platform (MEWP) resulted in an emergency drill being carried out on the Olympic Park. It was found that not enough of the workforce knew how to lower a MEWP in an emergency. Further training of operatives was recommended to mitigate this health and safety risk. Olympic Delivery Authority Rep ... more
If you thought that you had operating access platform machinery covered, think again. You might have already taken an IPAF course through Facelift, but there's now another, more in-depth PAL Plus course for working at height, that's launched today - this will take your skills as an operator to a more advanced level. IPAF has developed the PAL+ training course, PAL+ is an ... more
Facelift's brand new Bronto S50XDT-J made it's debut at the recent Vertikal Days at Haydock Park in Lancashire. Ian James and Alan Cowper take us through some of the features of the platform and what makes it so special. Martin Keenan of Volvo also gives us an insight to the Volvo FM's superior power, drivability and comfort. ... more
A new campaign from the British Safety Council asks young people to take responsibility for their own health and safety. Julie Nerney, British Safety Council chief executive says: "Every 40 minutes in the UK a young person is seriously injured in the workplace. We think this position is wholly unacceptable. By highlighting to young people that they need to be aware of their environment and s ... more
Two teenage agency workers fell from a lifting platform – one breaking his back and the other breaking both heels, needing pins and a metal plate to be inserted in his feet. The Derbyshire manufacturing firm for which the employees were working, Storetec Limited and one of its directors, have been prosecuted by the HSE and fined as a result. The two workers were working ... more
A Croydon construction company, Green Acre Homes (South East) Ltd, failed to listen to the concerns raised by its employee John Morgan and has since ceased closed down and been prosecuted. The worker had been instructed to build a tower scaffold on a building site in Peckham and feel eight metres from the tower that he had been reluctant to build for safety issues. On November ... more
A well known international boat builder based in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, Clare Lallow Ltd, neglected safety precautions, which led to a worker falling from a wooden stage stage set up, around a boat that was being refurbished. The employee had been working on the vessel and tried to pick up a linisher, (specialist sanding/ polishing machine) - when he fell 1.4metres from the wooden stage and b ... more
Facelift has recently received accreditation from SAFEcontractor and been accepted onto a leading scheme, that’s designed to help the access industry improve its safety record. SAFEcontractor is a programme that recognises a very high standard, when it comes to work at height safety training and practice amongst UK contractors. This accreditation is part of our aim ... more
