January 28, 2009	Vol. 6, Issue 2

2008 Lift and Access Equipment Showcase DVDs Available

Maximum Capacity Media, publisher of Lift and Access, now offers a DVD from its annual Equipment Showcase. The DVD will be available in early December and offers a wealth of information about the scissor lifts and telehandlers featured at the event. Call Becky Grazier at 800-231-8953 for more information. Rates are $59.95 for first DVD and $19.95 for additional copies. Click here for additional information.



Oklahoma’s Mixed Message on Lifting Equipment Legislation
Although not focused on aerial lifts, Oklahoma’s high-profile accidents raise lawmakers’ awareness.
By Tony Groat

Tony Groat

January 28, 2009 – A recent news article entitled, “Oklahoma Rules for Safe Crane Use Could Be Coming Soon,” published in the Oklahoman on Jan 19, 2009, provided a picture of the scene of a fatal accident involving a boom lift that occurred on Oct. 20, 2008, in Oklahoma City, Okla. The first sentence in the article read, “Crane and aerial basket operators might soon need a state license, a state lawmaker said last week.” After reading the news article, I began to investigate what action needed to occur to ensure the interest of International Powered Access Federation members and the AWP industry were addressed.

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Soucy Offers Track Options for Telehandlers

OMME Lift USA Launches Articulating Track-Mounted Aerial

ETS Introduces Signal Person Training
  
JLG Launches Fluid Analysis Service to Enhance Equipment Performance

Riley Links Up with AWPT

Material Transfer Deck Increases Crane Efficiency on the Jobsite

	The LTD4000 load lifting transfer deck frees the crane to perform other duties on a jobsite.

January 28, 2009 – Veteran crane operator Kern Baxter was at the controls one day when a light bulb went off and he realized there had to be a better way to get material from the ground into a high-rise building. The LTD4000, a load lifting transfer deck from Baxter Cranes in Fort Meyers, Fla., is his brainchild. Acting as a material platform, it performs totally independently of a crane, freeing each piece of equipment to work more efficiently. 

While a crane is able to place material on top of a building relatively easily, getting material into the interior of the building under construction or undergoing renovations is always a challenge.

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ReachMaster to Show Track-, Trailer- and Truck-Mounted Aerials at ARA

HookCam Increases Tower Crane Operator Productivity

Lift-It Manufacturing to Hold Safety Seminar in April

ASSE Asks OSHA for Hearing on Crane Rule

Houston, Texas, January 2009 – OSHA has issued citations to Deep South Crane and Rigging, alleging eight violations after the July 18 crane accident that killed four workers at the LyondellBassell oil refinery in Houston, Texas. Six of the alleged violations are considered serious.

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