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Scaffolding company NSG UK has hit a safety goal of one million man hours with no lost time accidents.

Certex UK, a supplier of lifting products and services, has added a new range of height safety and rescue courses to its portfolio of training packages.

A guide to the safe use of telehandlers in construction has been launched in the UK by the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group, an industry group charged with providing industry advice on the use of equipment in the UK’s construction sector.

JLG and ANAPAT (the Spanish association for aerial platform rental companies) are working together to develop a training programme which will adhere to a new regulatory standard.

Site and safety managers can check the validity of IPAF-issued PAL cards using a new online verification tool at www.ipaf.org.

The Haulotte Group, has implemented an environmental management system based on ISO 14000 because, it says, it is committed to a continuing process of minimizing the impact its activities have on the environment.

The risks of buying poor quality copy scaffold cannot be ignored by anyone - all operators will want to ensure that any equipment that they supply meets all the standards. In this article scaffold manufacturer HAKI illustrates there are things that the untrained eye cannot see and the dangers presented can be overlooked until it is possibly too late.

The IAPA judges met in London on Friday 28 January and have confirmed the following shortlists for each category, with the winners to be announced at the awards ceremony in Amsterdam on 14 April.

Barney Green, height safety advisor at Higher Safety discusses the correct choice and use of lanyards.

The Lift Safety Zone at ConExpo will be dedicated to those working with aerial work platforms or cranes.

Miller by Sperian has launched a new descender and lifting device that complies fully with the new EN 341:2008 standard.

Honeywell is combining Sperian Protection with Honeywell Safety Products to form a single global personal protective equipment business. The combined business will be called Honeywell Safety Products and will continue to be part of the Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions Life Safety business.

IPAF (the International Powered Access Federation) has won two awards for a safety video and a training kit that it produced with the aim of promoting best practice in the use of powered access equipment.

The EPF (Edge Protection Federation), a UK trade body dedicated to promoting high standards of collective edge protection, has joined the AIF (Access Industry Forum).

Spanish standards institute AENOR has started work on the new standard for training of mobile elevating work platform operators.

The Ladder Association, the trade body dedicated to promoting the safe use of ladders and stepladders, has launched a new information resource for users. Called LadderSolve, it sets out to provide simple, straightforward information about the proper use of ladders in the workplace.

The UK’s main scaffolding body the NASC (National Access & Scaffolding Confederation) said that many of the UK’s public authorities are failing to ensure that scaffolding installations meet national safety standards.

A powerful film is available from Outtakes Film Communications, which shows the devastating effects that a fall from height can have on the life of the victim and his family.

The International Powered Access Federation passed two audits with no non-conformities found