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| September 30, 2009 |
Vol. 6, Issue 18 |
Pre-Order Your 2010 Crane Guide
The new 2010 Hot Line Crane Guide will take on a new appearance with several additional categories of lifting equipment. To better serve the needs of the construction industry, Maximum Capacity Media has added aerial lifts, telehandlers, and straight-mast forklifts to the 2010 Guide.
The 2010 Hot Line Crane Guide also will include a limited number of newer tower and self-erecting cranes in the updated edition. Additionally, the guide has separated boom trucks into two sections. Telescoping and straight boom cranes will be listed under the Boom Truck section, and articulating, knuckleboom, and folding boom cranes will be in the Articulating Cranes section.
Pre-order your 2010 Hot Line Crane Guide today by calling 800-673-4763.
Is There a Compelling Need for a New Aerial Lift Standard?
by Katie Parrish
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Katie Parrish |
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September 29, 2009 – Over the last week, a number of organizations including the American Rental Association, the International Powered Access Federation, and the ASC A92 issued statements that formally opposed ASSE’s proposed standard, ANSI/ASSE A10.29: Safe Practices for the Use of Aerial Platforms in Construction, which is open for public comment until Oct. 6. Many cite the standard as duplication to the ANSI/SIA A92 standards, which covers various aerial work platform devices, including vehicle-mounted elevating and rotating devices, self-propelled aerial work platforms, boom-supported aerial work platforms, and manually propelled aerial work platforms.
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Genie QuickStock Lifts Answer Indoor Lifting Needs
New Machine Categories to Debut at Lift and Access Equipment Showcase
Crane & Rigging Conference Gains Industry Support
Lifting Gear Hire Reports Perfect 2009 Safety Record
Utility Repairs Beyond the Road
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Hydro One’s crew accessed the overhead lines with the Bronto Model SI 156 HDT to install portable inspection devices and see under the suspension clamps. |
Utility company Hydro One, Ontario, Canada, recently faced a dilemma: It needed to inspect and repair transmission lines and towers located across active farm lands where there were no access roads. Although Ontario’s largest electricity and distribution company has close to 7,000 vehicles in its fleet, including 149- and 191-foot truck-mounted aerial lifts, these wheeled units could only be used in areas where access roads enabled them to reach the towers. In order to bring the necessary equipment to the worksite, the company required a unique lifting device that could easily traverse the rough terrain.
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Crane Institute Offers Certification at ACRP Meeting
JLG Establishes Authorized Service Provider Network
Tower Crane Dismantling Derrick Now Available in North America
SC&RA and ETS Offer Signal Person Training Course
Arnco Plants 5,000 Trees
Corpus Christi, Texas, September 2009 – OSHA is investigating the death of a 51-year-old man who was pinned under a forklift. The man, who was an employee of a local tire plant, was replacing the tires of a forklift at an industrial construction contractor’s site when the jack gave out, the contractor’s safety and human resource manager said.
Read the rest of this accident here.
 
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