Boom lifts (more recently monikered as MEWPs) have gained significant rough-terrain capabilities in recent years. Although scissor lifts (another discussion) are explicitly referred to being "rough ...

SINGAPORE — A boom lift operator who died after being crushed in a workplace accident last year was not formally trained to carry out his job, a coroner's court heard. The death of 34-year-old ...

Aerial lift equipment operators face a myriad of safety issues both overhead and on the ground, as well as the challenge of conducting their work high in the air on somewhat small operating platforms.

LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — A boom lift operator was rescued after being trapped when their equipment touched a powerline in Lawrenceville, according to the Gwinnett County Fire. The call came in just around ...

A Brampton resident is facing serious charges following a collision between a passenger vehicle and a boom lift that killed a Georgetown man near Hillsburgh. In the early morning hours on Sept. 24, ...

JLG Industries launched its 1850SJ Ultra boom with nearly three million cubic feet of reachable space. With a working height over 185 feet, this is the second boom introduced within the past year to ...

Dubbed a "mega boom," the Snorkel 2100SJ telescopic boom reaches a 216-ft. working height, has a 100-ft. outreach, and has a 660-lb. unrestricted platform capacity. The 2100SJ reaches the equivalent ...

The Western Illinois University Facilities Management Physical Plant has two aerial work platforms which are used by our Building Maintenance and Grounds departments: A one-person Versalift mounted on ...

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 ...