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Featuring up-to-date news and commentary for owners of aerial, crane, and forklift equipment, Lift and Access 360 is your source for important and timely lifting equipment information. Our staff stays close to industry insiders in order to keep you abreast of new products, safety issues, manufacturer news, and more—delivered directly to your e-mail box.
BAUMA Breaks Records, Big on News
April 21, 2004 — The 50th anniversary of what has become the world's largest construction equipment show closed on April 4, 2004, breaking all previous attendance records. What's more, important announcements from several manufacturers dominated news surrounding the 2004 BAUMA event...
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Maxim Crane lifts Frank Lloyd Wright-designed spire in Arizona
April 21, 2004 — Maxim Crane Works, Phoenix, Ariz., set a Frank Lloyd Wright designed spire atop a retail and office center in Scottsdale in January, attracting attention from passersby, including Lift and Access 's own Guy Ramsey.
“This is located at one of the busiest intersections in Arizona — Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. and Scottsdale Road . Everyone was stopping or slowing to get a peek. Traffic was really snarled. The lift was beautiful to watch, and it went off without a hitch,” said Ramsey ...Read Full Story
Skyjack Delivers 100,000 th Scissor Lift to Ahern Equipment
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April 21, 2004 — It was all smiles as Don Ahern, owner of Ahern Equipment Rentals, Las Vegas, Nev., took delivery last week of Skyjack's 100,000th scissor lift. Lloyd Spalding, president of Skyjack Inc., Guelph, Ontario, was on hand to deliver the custom unit in person
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Forklift safety initiative designed to protect young workers
April 21, 2004 — Protecting young workers from the hazards of operating forklifts is the heart of a safety initiative recently announced by OSHA.
OSHA has joined forces with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Wage and Hour Division of the Labor Department's Employment Standards Administration to increase awareness of the hazards associated with the operation of forklifts and the youth employment provisions that prohibit most workers under age 18 from operating forklifts...Read Full Story
Accessories Target Worker Productivity
April 21, 2004 — Among the accessories being introduced by JLG Industries, McConnellsburg , Pa., this spring include four for boom lifts plus a new system for scissor lifts. Part of the Work Station in the Sky™ series, the accessories are designed to enhance worker productivity...Read Full Story
Xtreme XRM 1157— Extremely Competitive
Telehandler designed to be big on productivity, small on service cost
By Guy Ramsey
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April 7, 2004 — With 22 different brands of telescopic handlers available in North America, you wonder whether we really need another competitor. But the belief that there is always room for improvement is what prompted Xtreme Manufacturing, Las Vegas, Nev., to enter the telehandler market just a few years ago.
It is no big secret that Don Ahern, president of Ahern Equipment Rental, is the driving force behind the Xtreme product line. His involvement reaches far beyond providing capital. After more than 30 years in the rental business, Ahern has very specific ideals about how equipment should perform. While it has been a struggle to translate those ideals into reality, a recent test drive of the XRM 1157 proves that the company is not far off its goals...Read Full Story
Making the Dash
Shortcuts lead to devastating consequences
By Rick Raef
 Rick Raef is a heavy construction safety consultant for Willis Group Holdings, San Francisco, Calif., a global insurance broker. Raef has been with Willis since 1996, during which time he developed a crisis management program called, “Character Based Crisis Management: A Contractor's Survival Guide.” He is currently the editor of WCSN-The Willis Construction Safety Network, an electronic safety bulletin distributed to contractors in the United States and Australia . You can contact Rick Raef at raef_ri@willis.com.
April 21, 2004 — We've seen it happen before…at 6:15 in the morning or 6:15 at night. It is a highway job straddling live traffic lanes, and the construction worker needs to drive a boom lift across.
In the safety meeting, consequences were discussed for employees crossing equipment without a flagger or other means of traffic control…a written warning, a day without pay, or even being fired..... Read Full Column
Reducing Your Liability
Hold the line on insurance costs and reduce your liability exposure with these important tips
April 21, 2004 — Vehicular liability is one of the leading causes of loss that can directly affect dealership profitability. But dealers can hold the line on insurance costs and reduce the risk of vehicle liability exposure through consistent emphasis on safe operation of company vehicles.... Read Full Column
Used Values on the Rise
Pool for good used equipment is beginning to shrink
By Guy Ramsey
It has been a long time in coming, but re-sale values for used lifting equipment—especially aerial work platforms and rough-terrain cranes—has started to rise.
A major reason for this is that the national rental firms have had to slow down their AWP equipment renewal plans. Previously even sharply increased re-sale values were unable to match the high book values being carried by many of these mega-branch rental companies. This meant that machines had to stay in inventory to depreciate a few more years in order to avoid “book losses.” Fewer trade-ins from rental fleets meant fewer used machines on the market....
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Individual Accountability
Foreman's fine in scissor lift accident provides lesson for all
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Tracy Bennett
Last month a court in Alberta, Canada, fined a construction foreman $10,000 for an on-the-job death of a crew member. The crew member was working from a scissor lift when he came in contact with live power lines and was electrocuted.
News of this ruling, which is the highest fine ever issued in Alberta to an employee for a workplace accident, stopped me short. While it obviously has important implications for future rulings in Canadian courts, it also contains great moral lessons from which we can all learn.... Read Full Article
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