Capital Equipment News June 2017

WORK-AT-HEIGHT

EASING WORK-AT-HEIGHT HEADACHES

I n an environment where 190 per 100 000 workers slip or trip, and falls between 48 and 77 per 100 000 work- ers are recorded globally per year when working at height, there is no denying that safety measures should take priority whenever people are working-at-height. Injuries of this nature also have a fair share of productivity headaches, with the Labour Force Survey in the UK estimating that slips, trips and falls at height had a combined estimated 1,5 million working hours lost between 2012 and 2013 alone, for example. Most of these injuries are recorded when personnel use conventional work- at-height solutions such as scaffolding, ladders, steps, mobile scaffolds, aluminium towers and podiums. On the back of these work-at-height problems, suppliers of newer solutions are driven by the desire to safeguard employees and businesses in the workplace, and that is one of Eazi Access' core values. Eazi Access is Africa’s market leader in the rental, sales, servicing and training of work-at-height and material handling solutions, with its largest and most diverse fleet of scissor lifts, boom lifts, mini cranes and personnel lifts. “Power access is inherently safe when compared with traditional options such as scaffolding and ladders,” says Chad Pope, Business Development Executive at Eazi Access. “At Eazi Access, we offer our customers safe, reliable machines, along Eazi Access, Africa’s market leader in the rental of work-at-height and material handling solutions, has a strict commitment to safety, based on the understanding that safety is a key parameter for equipment that operates at height, and even more so when the machinery is responsible for the movement of personnel, writes Munesu Shoko .

The company provides its products and services to several sectors, including mining, light industrial, heavy industrial, entertainment and construction industries.

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