Get our latest news stories by email, as soon as they're published.
This months poster reminds operators that they must be trained and familiar with the equipment they are using. Operators must: • be competent to operate the MEWP in the working conditions to which they are exposed, • be instructed in local hazards and site rules, • have attended a recognised basic training course, and • be familiar with the make and model ... more
A Cheltenham-based company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured when he fell more than 11 metres through a barn roof while installing solar panels. Daniel Harvey, 28, broke his back in three places, fractured his pelvis, broke several ribs, lacerated his liver and punctured a lung in the incident at a farm in Westbury-on-Severn in December 2012. He is still unable to work and is aw ... more
The owner of a Leeds building firm has appeared in court after two workers were injured, one seriously, when they fell from a mezzanine floor they were dismantling. One worker, then 61, broke two vertebrae and was in hospital for five days following the incident in July 2012. He is now unable to continue working in the construction industry because of impaired lifting and carrying abilities. The ... more
A midlands maintenance firm has been fined after an employee was seriously injured when he fell 11 feet through a fragile roof while carrying out roof work in Nottingham. Stephen Bassford, 58, fractured his pelvis, wrenched his shoulder and sustained severe gashes to his face and left elbow in the incident in July of last year. He required extensive physiotherapy and stitches and was unable to wo ... more
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has issued a stark warning to the UK construction sector – that it faces a skills ‘time bomb’ if it fails to recruit new workers to replace more than 400,000 people set to retire in the next 5-10 years. It cites labour market research, published by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) which shows that across the UK: 19% ... more
The British Safety Council has launched this year’s Sword of Honour and Globe of Honour awards, designed to recognise and celebrate health and safety and environmental management excellence. The 2013 awards mark the 34th year of the Sword of Honour, awarded for health and safety management excellence, and the 4th year of the Globe of Honour awarded for environmental management e ... more
Whatever the access challenge, we’ve got a piece of kit to suit. Just take a look at one of our machines enabling a team to carry out under-bridge inspection work in Cornwall. Our operator, Robert Roach, is using a Moog MBI 120. Created for this very purpose, it allows bridge inspections on a dual carriageway to take place in one pass, therefore reducing traffic management costs and job ti ... more
If you’re a little on the larger side, finding a harness to fit can be a problem, as most harnesses on the UK market are designed and tested to carry maximum 100kg (approx. 16 stone) user weight. However ZT Safety Systems Ltd has the solution. Their entire range has been designed to carry users up to 150kg (approx. 23.5 stone) as standard. What’s more ZT Safety Systems Ltd can also de ... more
We love seeing our kit out on jobs, which is why we ask you to send in your photos of Facelift machines at work for our monthly F100 competition. This month’s winner is Gareth Johnson, who took this picture of an Aichi 14 – a truck mounted platform with a 6.2m2 cage – being used by workmen installing glazing on a building in High Holborn in central London. Because the Ai ... more
Budding photographers are urged to enter the International Awards for Powered Access Awards (IAPA) photography competition. And if you need an incentive to dig out your camera, there’s an impressive prize of €1000 Euros to be won for the best photo. A celebration of the amazing sights witnessed by members of the powered access industry from their superior vantage point as they carry ou ... more
