“Because the motion base makes you feel just like you are moving on an aerial, the operator can become fully emerged in the virtual world of a jobsite,” said Wade Carson, director of business ...

The three major causes of death when using these lifts are falling off, being on it when it tips over, and being electrocuted while on it. Here are best practices for avoiding these hazards when using ...

TWIN FALLS — The College of Southern Idaho Workforce Development and Training Department will offer “Aerial & Scissor Lift Train the Trainer” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. It will meet in Applied ...

While aerial lift equipment such as scissor lifts and boom lifts provide workers a safe way to reach an elevated work position and stability in completing work, new technology and ANSI A92.20 design ...

The recent aerial safety conference in Nashville, Tenn., put on by the International Powered Access Federation North America ...

In the weeks after Declan Sullivan’s death, his grieving father saw a news report about the anniversary of a long-ago plane crash that had a dramatic, lasting impact on aviation safety. Out of a ...

A recent accident investigation and safety enforcement in the Midwest illustrates the problem of “entrapment”—that is, when an operator of an aerial work platform is crushed between the machine and a ...

Over a one-year period, OSHA investigated 10 preventable fatalities and more than 20 preventable injuries resulting from a variety of incidents involving scissor lifts. OSHA’s investigations found ...

A new technique of assuring the integrity of fiberglass booms on aerial lift trucks is presented in this paper. The state of the art approach of acoustic emission periodic proof testing is questioned ...