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JUNE 2007
VOLUME 35
ISSUE 6
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JUNE 2007 Scaffold Industry
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JUNE
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On the Cover
The SIA Anniversary Convention & Expo will
feature an event on the Queen Mary which sails
out of Long Beach.
Column
The Best
Choice 11
Selecting
aerial work
platforms that
suit your needs
departments
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From the President’s Desk
Technically Speaking
Feature
SIA Embraces
AWPT Aerial Work
Platform Training
Program 14
Industry Briefs
Schedule of Events
Advertisers Index
Click It program
to be jointly
promoted
Feature
Cellebrating 35 Years
Column
The Low Down on
Lifting High 20
How to choose
the rough terrain
boom with the
best traction
Feature
Road to
Recovery 48
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SIA to Hold
35th Anniversary
Convention & Expo
July 15-21
Gulf Coast crisis
forces cohesive plan
to recruit, train
Scaffold Industry JUNE 2007
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FROM
THE
PRESIDENT’S
DESK
Convention Time Scaffold Industry Style
VOLUME 35
ISSUE 6
PUBLISHER
Mike Mehno
(972) 819-1460
EDITOR
Natalie Keith
(561) 364-0113
MANAGER, DESIGN
& PRODUCTION
Sandy Ursic
(626) 932-6193
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Chuck Muela
(626) 932-6147
AD COORDINATOR
Terri Wujek
(212) 904-3903
Long Beach provides the setting; Association provides the celebration
For those of you who
may have been sitting
back reading about all
the changes and
improvements taking
place within the
Scaffold Industry
Association, the 35th
Anniversary Convention & Exposition proJohn R. Miller
vides the opportunity
to experience the resurgence up close and
personal. Long Beach, Calif. will provide
the setting for the SIA as we celebrate our
past, evaluate the present and continue the
process of charting an aggressive future.
guided boat tour of the Port of Long
Beach, one of the busiest ports in the
world. See first hand how products are
received into the United States, the process
for clearing customs and security in addition to how products are prepared for
export before shipping from the U.S. to
our trading partners. Monday, July 16 is the
date and noon is the time for our annual
SIA Invitational Golf Tournament to be
held this year at one of Long Beach’s premiere courses, the Old Ranch Country
Club (www.oldranch.com). Join family,
friends, associates and fellow members for
a day of fun, food, gifts, golf and bragging
rights for the rest of the week as we deter-
“Thirty five years of scaffold and access excellence
is not a milestone to be taken lightly”
ACCOUNT MANAGER
Elizabeth Dambouradijan
(832) 524-4947
ACCOUNT MANAGER
Joan Callahan
(972) 819-1496
Scaffold Industry is published monthly with
an extra issue in March by the Scaffold Industry
Association Inc. Subscriptions are $85 for an annual
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For further information, please contact the SIA
office at:
Scaffold Industry Assocation Inc.
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Suite 101
Phoenix, AZ 85016
2007 Convention Week will provide a
well planned mix of work, play, networking,
celebration, and analysis of the scaffold &
access industries as a whole. All SIA
Councils and Committees are scheduled to
meet while in Long Beach with both the
Supported & Suspended Scaffold Councils
scheduled to release their latest work products years in the making. Both Councils
have completed multimedia safety presentations and plan to show the completed product in their respective council meetings.
The International Council has scheduled
for attendees an up close look at the booming import/export business by hosting a
mine the best golf team within the SIA.
If there is one event not to miss during
the convention, I urge you to mark your calendar for Tuesday, July 17 as the SIA celebrates its past with the President’s “Crown
Royal” Reception on board the original
Queen Mary (www.queenmary.com) currently docked in Long Beach Harbor. This
historic ship, once the rival to Titanic, will
welcome 35 years of SIA Past Presidents
during an evening in which we extend a collective “thank you” to the men who founded this association, the men who led this
association through times both good & bad,
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John R. Miller owns and operates the Millstone Companies based in Upper Marlboro, Md.
He can be reached at (602) 257-1144 or emailed at jrm@millstonecorp.com.
Phone: (602) 257-1144
Fax: (602) 257-1166
info@scaffold.org • www.scaffold.org
2006-2008 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Scaffold Industry is the official publication of the
Scaffold Industry Association Inc. Opinions expressed
herein are those of the respective authors and do not
necessarily reflect the official view of the SIA.
JOHN R. MILLER
President
The Millstone Companies
STEVE SMITH
Secretary
Edge International
RANDY MOODY
Board Appointee
The Brock Group
CHUCK HUTCHINSON
Presidential Appointee
Bil-Jax, Inc.
The material contained in this publication is for
informational purposes only and, unless otherwise
noted, is not to be considered as the official position
of the SIA, its members or advertisers; does not constitute legal advice; is not to be considered as approving or recommending any product or advertisement
by the SIA; and the SIA does not promulgate rules or
regulations governing the industry or its members.
BILL BREAULT
President Elect
Breault Industrial Group, Inc.
LIZ CALLAHAN
Treasurer
Power Climber
JEFF STACHOWIAK
Board Appointee
Sunbelt Rentals
HOWARD SCHAPIRA
Immediate Past-President
Action Equipment
& Scaffold Co. Inc.
JOHN BRASIL
Vice President
Etobicoke Ironworks Limited
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President’s Message
Continued from page 5
and the men and women who will lead
this association going forward. Join me
for an evening of dinner, dancing, networking and celebration in a rare
evening not soon to be forgotten.
Mid-week brings the West Coast
Access Safety Conference designed to
enhance the safety awareness of the
end users of scaffold & access equipment which concludes at the same
time the exposition and trade show
opens displaying the latest in scaffold
& access equipment. Exhibitors
throughout North America are scheduled to show the latest products, services, and technologies geared toward
a rapidly growing access industry. On
Thursday, July 19 two of the SIA’s
fastest growing Councils meet; the
Aerial Work Platform & Fall Protection Councils continue to address
issues being discussed internationally
as the SIA continues its advance into
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the access industry while proving the
association is not just about scaffold
any longer. That same evening, within
our Convention hotel (www.longbeach.hyatt.com), the SIA will present
its 35th Anniversary Industry Awards
Dinner. Join Master of Ceremonies
and President-Elect Bill Breault for an
evening of celebration and recognition of those members, member firms
and key contributors who continually
step to the forefront on behalf of this
association to ensure its success.
Convention week concludes with
our first ever SAF-T Conference (Safe
Access, Fall Protection & Training) to
be held in conjunction with our partners at Lift & Access magazine. This
safety conference is designed specifically for the Aerial Work Platform &
Fall Protection equipment industries
with presentations scheduled throughout the day by access industry experts,
many of whom are well known SIA
members. There is more, but I would
encourage everyone to check the SIA
website (www.scaffold.org) for the
complete Convention Week schedule
and plan your attendance accordingly.
The SIA staff stands ready to answer
any questions and assist you in making
your plans to attend.
Thirty five years of scaffold and access excellence is not a milestone to be
taken lightly. Doing anything for 35
years takes pride, hard work, energy,
enthusiasm and a certain amount of
luck. The SIA has had all that and
more. Join me in Long Beach as we
raise a glass, of Crown Royal no doubt,
in celebration of making an industry
better, safer and more professional.
What’s Next! ■
John R. Miller
President
Scaffold Industry Association
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Column
Cheap Paint
The tell-tale signs of improper aerial lift use
By Dave Glabe, P.E.
A friend of mine,
when he first got
involved in the aerial lift rental business,
wondered why the
aerial lift manufacturers used cheap
paint on the guardrail systems. Every
Dave Glabe
time he rented a scissor lift, the paint was worn off the top
of the rails when the unit was returned.
It didn’t take too long in the rental
business, however, for my friend to figure out that the paint was being worn
off because the users were using the
mid and top rails as platform supports.
In other words, the scissors lift users
were improperly using the machine.
I have had the same experience.
Users often tell me it is the only way they
can get the work done. I even had one
employer tell me that he tells his workers to use personal fall arrest equipment
on scissors lifts so that when they climb
on the guardrails, they are protected
from falling. Now there is a conscientious employer! Amazingly enough, just
the opposite happens with boom lifts
(correctly known as “Boom Supported
Elevating Work Platforms”). Since there
is a guardrail system around the platform or basket, some users assume that
fall protection is provided, never considering the possibility of being launched
out of the basket or platform due to a
possible catapulting action.
Have users never thought about the
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consequences of using an aerial lift
improperly? There is the obvious consequence of falling from heights. But
what are some of the other consequences? I dare say that we are now
seeing the results of aerial lift misuse.
Let’s consider the scissors lift, a versatile machine that mechanically raises
and lowers a platform so workers can
access work areas quickly and conveniently. The platform, typically no bigger than the wheel base of the
If this is an acceptable system at
these facilities, why then do safety people and compliance officers insist that
personal fall arrest equipment be used
by scissors lift occupants? Why are
manufacturers installing anchors in
scissors lifts? What good is a platform
that is 8 ft wide and 12 ft long when I
am attached to an anchor with a lanyard that will only allow 5 or 6 ft of
movement? Frankly, it doesn’t make
any more sense to “tie off” in a scissors
Frankly, it doesn’t make any more sense to
“tie off” in a scissors lift than it is to tie off when
I am standing on the balcony in my house.
machine, is lifted by arms that operate
in a scissor-like action. The platform is
stable with minimal sway and no redundant vertical motion once the platform
is in position. A guardrail surrounds
the platform, protecting workers from
accidentally walking off platforms. The
guardrail system is always at the correct
height, assuming workers are standing
on the platform and not cleverly standing on a bucket or other makeshift
device to gain height. Fall protection is
provided through the use of the
guardrail system. Nothing else is
required. This guardrail system is the
same as the guardrail system found at
stadiums, auditoriums, bridges, balconies, decks and homes.
lift than it is to tie off when I am standing on the balcony in my house.
But what makes this whole concept
truly absurd is that the occupants tie
off to the guardrail. Let’s see, the
guardrail can hold 200 lbs and if the
occupant decides to fall, not only will
he break the guardrail, but will probably bring the whole machine down on
top of him, adding embarrassment to
the injury. Can this get any crazier?
Well yes, it can.
Let’s look at boom lifts. The occupant hops in to take it up to do something quick, not thinking about the
need for a personal fall restraint system. That’s right, I said fall restraint.
We want you, the user, to stay in the
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bucket. Utilize a long lanyard and
you’ll feel like an astronaut, for 6 ft.
Then if you’re lucky, you’ll get left
hanging around. If you’re not so
lucky, you’ll bring the machine down
on top of you. Neither option is
healthy. Think about this: Who is the
individual most exposed to the catapult action but doesn’t know it? Who
is the least likely to go through the
effort of wearing a full body harness
and short lanyard to move the
machine only a few ft? You’re correct
if you said the truck driver. She thinks
that since the machine is only going
onto the truck, there is no danger of
falling. On the contrary, there is a real
likelihood that, as the machine is driven onto the truck, it will tip and cata-
pult the operator out of the basket,
resulting in a real surprise at best, and
a broken neck at worst.
Manufacturers are responding to
this in a positive, constructive way.
Anchors are showing up on scissors
lifts so that if you choose to wear fall
restraint/protection, a suitable anchor is available. Boom lifts are being
designed to be more stable and capable of resisting flying occupants. So,
how do you know what to do? It’s
easy. Read the manual that is located
on the machine. It will tell you amazing things that you may not know,
such as what is required for fall restraint/protection. Can it get any easier than this? Get the training that is
required before you operate an aerial
lift. And don’t do stupid stuff.
Finally, no thanks to all who have
not used an aerial lift correctly. You
have managed to confuse a simple
process to the point where perceptions
and myths override common sense
and personal responsibility. Due to the
misdeeds of a few, many are punished.
The Scaffold Industry Association has
excellent information that you should
have if you use aerial lifts. Contact
them; they’ll tell you all about it. ■
Dave Glabe, P.E., is president of D.H. Glabe &
Associates Inc. of Denver. Glabe also serves as
the SIA’s liaison to OSHA. E-mail him at
dhg@glabe.com.
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Aerial Work Platforms
The Best Choice
Selecting aerial work platforms that suit your needs
For overhead work, aerial work platforms of all types have become the
“tool” of choice. Whether it’s cleaning
an atrium, installing a new compressor
or repairing a ceiling fixture, a variety
of designs are available to help personnel perform their jobs safer and more
productively. Here are some of the
alternatives available.
Vertical Lifts
Most units are designed to lift one
person straight up and are either self
propelled with re-chargeable batteries
or a manual push-around design. The
advantage of push-around types is that
they are cheaper and light enough to
be rolled up a ramp into a pick-up
truck by one person. The self-propelled units may be a better choice
however, if they are to be used in a
number of locations around a warehouse or plant.
Some vertical lifts can extend to
over 40-ft platform height and have a
capacity of up to 500 lbs. The higher
reach units have outriggers for stability
that must be extended and the
machine leveled before the platform
can be raised.
The advantages of vertical lifts are
lower costs, minimal storage space requirements, transportability and maneuverability — they can be extended
above suspended ceiling tiles, a feature
that is important for such jobs as running computer wiring or checking fire
protection systems. Most feature zero
turning radii for access to tight areas.
Newer models are now being introduced that have double masts capable
or holding two workers, a rotatable or
swing-out platform, or a small platform
jib boom for additional reach.
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There are also rough terrain scissor
lifts using gasoline, LP or diesel engines for outside plant work. Most have
even greater capacity, 4-wheel drive
options and articulating axles for
gradeability up to 40%.
Telescoping and
Articulating Booms
Telescoping booms with a straight
boom, an articulated boom or combination telescoping/articulating boom
are the high reach work horses of aerial work platforms. Platform capacity on
almost all models is 500 lbs, enough
for two individuals and their equipment. Platform height can be from 32
ft to as high as 150 ft.
Not only do boom lifts reach up,
some can extend horizontally to almost 80 ft. They are self-propelled,
powered by gasoline, dual fuels, diesel
engines or DC power. 2- or 4-wheel
models designed for interior work can
be fitted with non-marking tires, air
lines and AC outlets to the platform
and platform work lights. There are
also a number of safety options available such as motion alarms, flashing
lights and operator horns.
The special advantage of these
machines is their capability of extended reach both vertically and horizontally with articulated telescoping models capable of reaching up, out and
down to get to hard to reach locations.
Scissor Lift
Scissor Lifts
For heavier loads requiring greater
capacity and a wider work platform,
self-propelled scissor lifts using rechargeable batteries or LP fuel are the
next progression. They cost more than
vertical lifts, but they make work access
much easier and most can be driven at
full working height. Other features of
many scissor lifts are non-marking tires
and a roll-out platform which adds to
the platform area and lets workers
reach across obstacles such as floor
mounted machinery.
The narrow slab scissor lifts offer a
15-ft to 25-ft platform height with 500-
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lb to 750-lb platform capacity. Some are
less than 30 in wide so they can pass
through standard doorways or narrow
aisles and weigh as little as 2,300 lbs so
they can be moved from floor to floor
in freight elevators. To add to maneuverability, many machines have center
pivot steering and zero turning radius
capability. Some machines feature an
electro-mechanical power train instead
of hydraulics, plus safety interlocks and
automatic pothole protection devices
to prevent tipovers.
Larger scissor lifts have platform
heights to 50 ft or more, platform
capacities as much as 2,250 lbs and
platform areas over 60 sq ft.
Trailer Mounted Platforms
Trailer mounted aerial work platforms are designed to be towed to the
work site and driven or pushed into
position. They overcome the vertical
only reach limitation of scissor lifts because they use a telescoping boom or
telescoping/articulating boom that gives
them an expanded work envelope.
The boom can be rotated around
the base with some units featuring 360degree continuous turntable rotation.
Models with up to 54-ft platform height
and platform capacities in the 400- to
500-lb capacity range are available.
Power options are AC electric, battery, gasoline or dual fuel. For stability,
most trailable aerial work platforms feawww.scaffold.org
Rough Terrain Scissor Lift
ture manual or hydraulically assisted
outriggers fitted with interlocks to prevent raising the booms until the outriggers are extended and the base leveled.
Trailer-mounted platforms, because of their lighter weight, are
especially useful when floor-load is a
factor in applications such as tile or
marble building entrances in malls,
office buildings and public institutions. Painting, light replacement,
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Articulating Boom Lift
cleaning and landscaping are other
areas where they are useful.
Aerial Work Platform
Usage Grows
Because aerial work platforms can
be safer and much more efficient
and easier to use than the alternatives, the demand for them has increased by 500% over the past five
years. Equipment rental centers
throughout the country stock a variety of models that can help you
access almost every type of overhead
work area in your facility. If you
haven’t already done so, try an aerial
work platform on you next overhead
project. Just contact an equipment
rental center in your area, describe
your application and they will suggest
a model that can help you work more
safely and be more productive. ■
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Feature
SIA Embraces AWPT Aerial
Work Platform Training Program
Click It program to be jointly promoted
Aerial Work Platform Training session in progress.
Helping improve safety in the lift and
access industry through better and more
consistent training is a common goal of
both the Scaffold Industry Association
(SIA) and Aerial Work Platform
Training Inc. (AWPT), an organization
that offers widely recognized training
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programs for aerial work platform
(AWP) and mast climbing work platform (MCWP) operators throughout
North America. AWPT does not do any
training itself but works through accredited training centers. AWPT and its parent organization, IPAF, the International
Powered Access Federation, are not-forprofit organizations that exist to promote the safe and effective use of powered access equipment worldwide.
Members include manufacturers, distributors and equipment owners,
including rental companies.
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About AWPT Training
The AWPT training program is
based on the proven IPAF training
program and incorporates the latest in
U.S. and Canadian regulations. The
IPAF program is certified as conforming to ISO 18878 and is conducted
through a worldwide network of over
250 approved training centers. More
than 50,000 platform operators each
year complete the program. A PAL
Card (Powered Access LicensedRegistration Card) is issued by AWPT
to users who successfully complete a
training course on powered access
equipment at an approved training
center. A separate training program
for mast climbing work platforms can
also lead to the issuance of a PAL Card
specifically for MCWPs.
The PAL Card is valid for five years,
after which it must be renewed. This
ensures that operator knowledge and
skills are kept up-to-date. The PAL
Card features a photo of the holder
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An example of a PAL Card
(Powered Access Licensed-Registration Card.)
and shows the categories of machines
that he or she was trained in.
Because of quality and consistency
of the AWPT training program, SIA recognizes and promotes the PAL Card
as proof of training in the use of aerial
work platforms and mast climbing
work platforms. SIA also encourages
its members to consider becoming an
approved AWPT training center.
SIA currently has about 900 members, many of whom already provide
training in scaffolding and suspended
access. Many of these members also
operate AWPs and MCWPs. Because of
this synergy, SIA and AWPT announced a unique program that, for a limited
period, allows SIA member companies
to become an authorized AWPT
Training Center at a special discounted
rate. With operator training now
required by ANSI, SIA members have
an opportunity to provide better service to their customers while adding
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increased revenue to their bottom line.
“SIA’s recognition and promotion
of the proof of training provided by
the PAL Card and its desire to see the
number of training centers grow rapidly is a superb vote of confidence,” said
Tony Groat, AWPT’s director of membership. “It is proof of how fast the
AWPT training program is growing
and of the worldwide acceptance of
the PAL Card. We are delighted to be
partnering with an organization as
respected as the SIA.”
Promotional Program
Will Save Lives
A worldwide campaign to encourage
all users of boom type platforms to wear
a full body harness with a short lanyard
has been launched by IPAF, AWPT’s
parent organization. Similar to successful promotional campaigns encouraging people to wear their seatbelts when
riding in a car, the new program’s initiative came from companies frustrated
with the fact that people are dying
because they are not following the simple advice in IPAF and AWPT’s technical guidance note H1 to wear a harness
when in a boom type lift. To encourage
people to wear a harness, that advice is
printed on stickers that are placed on
the boom lift where they can be seen by
all occupants in the platform.
Called “Clunk Click!” in the UK, the
campaign started as a grassroots initiative by the UK Powered Access Interest
Group (PAIG), a joint committee of
the Construction Plant-hire Association
and IPAF. To date, thousands of Clunk
Click posters and stickers have been
printed and distributed throughout the
UK to spread the message.
The program has spread rapidly. At
the recent Bauma show in Munich,
Germany, international versions of the
Clunk Click program were launched
at the IPAF stand including the
German “Click Clack!”, the Italian
“Clic Clac!” and the North American
“Click It!” programs.
“In countries where the program
has already been introduced, rental
companies have led the way with promotion because they want to stop
unnecessary fatal accidents in which
operators not wearing harnesses have
been catapulted out of boom platforms,” said IPAF managing director
Tim Whiteman. “These simple stickers
can save lives. Now we need sponsors in
countries around the world to help us
get them on all boom type machines
and make what is one of the safest ways
of working at height even safer.”
If your organization is interested in
obtaining “Click It!” stickers for your
machines and helping spread the word
about how safety harnesses can save lives,
visit www.awpt.org , download AWPT’s
H1 or call for more information. ■
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Falls From Aerial Lifts
Raise Growing Concern
SIA Aerial Work Platform Council develops action plan to address issue
By Michael McCann and James L. Weeks
Falls are the leading cause of death
among construction workers, accounting for more
than 300 deaths per
year. Developed, in
part, to make elevated work places
Michael McCann
safer and more
mobile, aerial lifts have undoubtedly
prevented many falls. But like any
technology, they also come with their
own set of hazards.
As part of an effort to prevent falls
in construction, the Center to Protect
Workers’ Rights, the research arm for
the nation’s 15 construction unions,
investigated falls from aerial lifts. This
investigation included analyzing data
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries
(CFOI) and observing the uses of aerial lifts on construction job sites in the
Washington, D.C., area.
Deaths Due to Aerial Lifts
A total of 208 deaths of construction workers from 1992 to 1999 were
related to aerial lifts – an average of
26 per year – according to CFOI
analysis. Of these, 70% were due to
boom lifts, and the rest mostly to
scissor lifts. Falls accounted for 31%
of aerial lift deaths and collapses or
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tipovers accounted
for 20%.
Aerial Lifts in
Action
More than 25
aerial lifts were
observed during visits to work sites.
James L. Weeks
Altogether, 19 telescoping boom lifts, six scissor lifts, two
articulating boom lifts, and a large platform with 42-inch guard rails supported on the forks of a rough-terrain forklift, were observed. Most often, the aerial lifts were set up on hard, level surfaces. In three cases, rough-terrain scissor lifts were set up on wet but compacted and, apparently, firm earth.
Ground clutter was minimal for all lifts
with no visible potholes or other
obstructions. Outriggers were observed
twice – once on wet but firm soil; the
other on an approximately 5% grade.
OSHA requires fall protection for
aerial lifts. According to an OSHA Letter
of Interpetation, scissor lifts fall under
the mobile scaffold regulations. As such,
guard rails are considered sufficient (29
CFR 1926.451). On boom lifts, workers
are required to be tied off to the work
platform with fall restraint or personal
fall arrest systems (29 CFR 1926.453).
In this study, workers on only four
of the 23 boom lifts, including tele-
scopic and articulating machines, were
observed to be tied off. Curiously, six
of the seven tied off workers were on
two-person platforms. On these lifts,
either both or neither of the workers
were tied off, suggesting peer pressure
may play a role in whether or not to
use fall protection. The OSHA regulations also require workers to remain
on the work platform, yet four workers
on platforms above 6 ft stepped off the
platforms and returned – and none
used fall protection.
These were two instances – both
involving scissor lifts – in which
workers performed their tasks in obviously unsafe manners. In one case,
a worker at above 25 ft had to reach
between two ventilation ducts; however, his scissor lift would not fit. He
was observed standing on the top
guardrails. In another instance, two
workers were standing on a stack of
supplies (about a ft in height) to
reach the top of a wall.
Operator Training
Findings related to operator training were similar, regardless of the
source providing it. Training typically
covered a review of the operator’s
manual and OSHA and ANSI regulations. Topics also included walkaround inspections prior to use, emergency shut-off switches, limit switches,
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controls, surface hazards (such as pot
holes, debris, curbs, soft ground, slippery surfaces), load limits, limits on
boom extension, fall protection, electrical hazards, speed limits, improper
uses (e.g. as a crane, jack, or supply
lift), work restrictions (staying in the
basket), and hazards of wind and
other weather conditions.
The training programs differed by
method, the amount of time devoted
to training, and whether or not
trainees had to demonstrate their skills
before being certified or authorized.
On these parameters, the differences
proved significant. For example, the
time devoted to training ranged from
a cursory one-page checklist completed in 10 minutes to a program con-
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ducted over two days. In some programs, the trainee had to demonstrate
his or her skill by taking a written
exam or demonstrating proficiency in
operating a machine. Most often, however, trainees merely documented
their attendance. Despite the increasing proportion of Hispanic workers in
the industry, no training, training
materials, or operators’ manuals in
Spanish were observed in this study.
hands-on training, interactive instruction, problem-solving, demonstration
of proficiency by trainees, and training
in workers’ own language. At times,
workers need to leave a lift platform or
get into an awkward space. Technological innovation could facilitate performing these tasks in safer ways.
Finally, more research is needed to
look into the causes of injuries associated with using aerial lifts. ■
Future Recommendations
Based on the study data, the following conclusions were drawn. Worker
training must improve, which would
require devoting a minimum amount
of time to training as well as developing more effective methods, such as
Michael McCann, PhD, CIH, is director of safety at the Center to Protect Workers’ Rights.
James L. Weeks, ScD, is senior director at ATL
International in Germantown, Md. This article
first appeared in the July-August 2005 issue of
Lift & Access magazine.
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The Low Down on Lifting High
How to choose the rough terrain boom with the best traction
By Phil Harvey
Lift manufacturers offer a wide variety of options for booms – electric, bi-energy or engine-powered.
The industry’s first articulated-boom
lift was introduced in 1985 to accommodate the diverse needs of the construction industry. Today, lift manufacturers offer a wide variety of options for booms — electric, bi-energy
or engine-powered for indoor, outdoor or rough terrain applications
— to make these machines more versatile to best suit contractors’ work
site needs. Over the years, rough terrain booms have become invaluable
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to construction and industrial contractors working in demanding outdoor environments because they
achieve more traction than traditional booms, enabling contractors to get
more done in less time.
What many contractors do not
realize, though, is that there are
many factors to consider when choosing a rough terrain boom. For example, which boom design gives the best
traction and, ultimately, maximum
productivity? With rough terrain
booms, there are four design elements that any contractor who is
thinking of buying or renting a boom
lift should consider: the oscillating
axles system, the hydraulic drive circuit design, the gear reduction ratios
on the wheel hubs and the tires.
Oscillating Axles
While driving, keeping all four
wheels firmly in contact with the
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Factors, such as boom design, should be considered when choosing a rough terrain boom.
ground is an essential part of achieving the best traction. For rough terrain driving, booms with oscillating
axles will help ensure this condition
as well as providing a smoother ride
and reduced platform movement during operation. Rough terrain booms
ment. For example, if the right front
tire goes over a depression, the front
axle will pivot down on that side to
keep all four wheels in contact with
the ground. With a rigid frame and
axle, the left rear tire would want to
lift off the ground in response, which
A load-sensing style pump produces only the flow
that’s required and operates more efficiently.
are designed with either passive or
active systems. Most rough terrain
booms employ a passive axle system,
allowing one axle to freely pivot and
adjust to a limited amount of surface
contour difference between the front
and rear axles. Oscillating axles sense
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leaves the left rear and right front
tires being “light” and only two wheels
producing traction.
In a passive system, as soon as the
boom is raised out of its stowed position or, in some cases, slewed right or
left, the oscillating axle locks into position. This prevents the machine from
rocking back and forth while the platform is being lifted and positioned. But
if the boom is now driven while elevated or slewed, there is no oscillation to
compensate for the uneven terrain.
Active oscillating systems are also
available. With the active system, both
front and rear axles pivot so while driving over uneven ground conditions, as
one wheel goes over a depression or a
rise, the axle pivots to compensate and
“signals” the other axle to compensate
by pivoting in the opposite direction.
Additionally, the axle position is not
locked out when the boom is raised
out of its storage position with an
active system. If the machine is driven
while the boom is in the air, the axles
are still actively compensating, keeping all four wheels in contact with the
ground for the longest possible time.
This ensures the greatest amount of
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cially crucial when the boom is extended because any motion at the
ground is magnified in the basket.
Hydraulic Drive Circuit Design
While some rough terrain booms
utilize transmission drives, the majority
are engineered with hydraulic drive
systems for smooth operation and optimum machine performance. In a
hydraulic drive system, hydraulic fluid
is supplied to wheel drive motors, and
the flow goes only to the front wheels,
rear wheels or to all four wheels. This
allows operators to get power to the
wheels where traction is needed the
most. Some four-wheel drive systems
use front-axle-only drive in flat conditions where higher speed and lower
torque are important. These systems
can then switch to 4-wheel drive when
lower speed and higher torque are
needed. Other systems employ two-
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speed drive motors all around to give
both full-time 4-wheel drive and twospeed operation.
Most drive systems use “divider-combiner” valve circuits — required for
optimum operation. These circuits
sense the pressure at each wheel and
neered to provide different ratios of
flow between the front and rear axles
in order to achieve maximum
machine performance on rigorous
jobsite conditions. For example, some
models are designed so that the circuit sends 40% of the flow to the front
Oscillating axles sense the terrain and adjust
to maintain four points of contact to provide
superior traction as well as a smoother ride
and reduced platform movement
are able to split or adjust the flow to
each wheel as needed. Without these
circuits, the wheel with the least
amount of load would receive too
much of the flow and starve the wheels
that are still firmly in contact with the
ground and need the flow.
The drive circuit can also be engi-
wheel motors and 60% to the rear
motors. This compensates for
machines that have uneven front-toback weight distribution and gives better traction in certain conditions,
such as driving up or down inclines.
But because the weight distribution at
each wheel is always changing, other
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Rough terrain booms have become invaluable
to contractors working in demanding outdoor
environments.
models work with a 50/50 flow distribution to meet a variety of jobsite
demands — 50% flow to the front
wheel motors, 50% to the rear. Unless
the weight distribution on the axles is
drastically different, a 50/50 split is
most often the best for operation on
rough terrain surfaces and in sand.
A rough terrain boom might also
employ a load-sensing style pump,
which produces only the flow that is
required; and therefore, operates
more efficiently.
Gear Reduction Ratios on
the Wheel Hubs
Gear reduction ratios also affect
traction, and this choice is influenced by whether the machine is
equipped with 2- or 4-wheel drive.
The gear reduction ratios need to be
different for a 2-wheel drive machine
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because only two wheels are providing the traction.
The machine with larger motors
and smaller gear reductions is the most
cost-effective combination. Often
machines with this combination are set
up to run the system at high pressure.
In a hydraulic drive circuit, higher
pressure means more traction; and
higher flow results in more speed. But
the required horsepower is a result of
pressure multiplied by speed, so those
two characteristics of the circuit need
to be balanced by the cost.
Tires
Tires also have a big effect on
machine traction. Tire choice also
influences the cost of ownership and
stability characteristics. A flat tire condition on a low profile tire results in
less chassis angle which helps machine
stability. A high ply rating tire, 12 to 14
ply rating, is a tougher tire but stiffer
and does not have as much flotation as
a softer tire. A foam-filled tire, likewise,
helps stability and tire toughness —
but reduces flotation.
For sand, especially the fine-grained
“sugar” sand, a high flotation tire will
be required because it has a wider,
smoother tread with a larger diameter.
The larger tire spreads the contact area
out and requires lower air pressure.
However, larger tires can be too
“spongy” and allow too much sway in
the lift which could affect not only
operator comfort but also the
machine’s stability. The other extreme
is solid rubber tires with no deflection,
but poor flotation. The most popular
choice is somewhere in the middle: a
large-diameter, air-filled tire with deep,
self-cleaning lugs.
The tire on any machine has a
rolling resistance, depending on the
surface on which it is rolling, which
also affects traction. For example, a
smooth concrete surface creates a
rolling resistance equivalent to trying
to climb 1% grade — a rise of 1 ft over
a run of 100 ft. Rolling resistance on a
flat dirt surface is the equivalent to
about a 2% to 3% grade, and resistance in mud could be equivalent to a
slope of anywhere between 3% and
15%. Undulating sand surface might
require the climbing torque of a 16%
to 30% slope. In order to accurately
match the tire to the job, the rolling
resistance needs to be factored in
when making the tire choice for a
rough terrain boom.
Tackling Irregular Terrain
Applications
To achieve maximum traction and
stability, no matter what other elements
are incorporated into the design of the
machine, a boom should have all four
wheels in contact with the ground and
be equally loaded. Rough terrain
machine models, based on the design,
have a given weight distribution on
each wheel. During operation, the load
to each wheel will constantly change.
Major factors that impact the wheel
load include: the type, contour and
slope of the work surface; the load in
the platform; and the position of the
platform as the boom moves, whether it
is slewing right and left, extending and
retracting, or traveling up and down.
With so much variation on the wheel
loads, selecting a system to achieve maximum traction is always a trade off.
Axles, drive circuits, gear reduction
ratios and tires are all important
design elements for a contractor to
consider when selecting a rough terrain boom. Each element selection
can have a big impact on the amount
of traction achieved by a rough terrain
boom. Contractors rely on rough terrain booms to achieve greater traction
than traditional models. With great
traction, operators can travel to undeveloped jobsites faster and easily, allowing them to work longer and to get
more done. Achieving maximum traction means achieving maximum worksite productivity and ROI through efficient and effective movement of materials, and this is something that every
contractor wants out of a rough terrain boom. ■
Phil Harvey is product manager for Genie
Industries.
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Variance Approved by Michigan
OSHA Raises Fall Protection Concerns
SIA & AWPT question departure from fundamental safety requirements
By Tony Groat
Earlier this year members of the International Powered Access Federation
(IPAF), the parent organization of
Aerial Work Platform Training
(AWPT) in North America, and members of the Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) became aware of a temporary variance that was approved by
Michigan Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (MIOSHA).
In Michigan, a variance may be granted by MIOSHA from a standard or provision thereof, under MIOSHA Part 12,
Variance. Under Part 12, an employer
must provide employment that is safe
and provide healthful conditions that
would prevail as if he complied with the
standard. The Construction Safety
Standard Part 32 references the ANSI
standards for aerial lifts and a variance
may be granted for these provisions.
It is our understanding that
MIOSHA has granted on more than
one occasion the temporary site variance allowing the use of scaffold
plank across the midrail of an aerial
lift to elevate the work height of the
platform. The temporary site variance specifically defined the following to be adhered to during use:
The use of a minimum two scaffold grade planks secured side by
side across the narrowest dimension of
the work platform on top of the
midrail. The planks must be arranged
or supported to support four times the
intended load.
The planked platforms were limited to two employees who were to
wear harness with lanyard attached to
anchorage point(s) provided by the
manufacturer within the platform.
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2.
The planked platform and the lift
controls shall be configured so that
the controls cannot be operated from
any position on the planked platform.
Before moving the platform either
vertically or horizontally, all employees on the planks shall disconnect
their lanyard and exit the platform.
While moving the lift, all elevated employees shall be on the floor of the lift.
All floor holes and openings in
the lift use area shall be either covered so as to support the load imposed
by the lift or guarded with guardrails
and step blocks to prevent the lift tires
from dropping below the floor level.
This issue was presented at IPAF’s
international manufacturer’s council
and SIA’s Aerial Work Platform
Council. Both groups have endorsed
the position that we should request to
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have the variance rescinded and not
allowed in the future. When planks are
added to aerial lifts, then guardrails no
longer function as fall protection because the top of the guardrails are
located around the height of the operators’ knees, an insufficient height to
be considered fall protection.
The variance allows a departure
from the most fundamental safety re-
quirements – that personnel shall
maintain firm footing on the platform
floor and climbing on midrail or top
rail are prohibited, nor the use of
planks, ladders or other such devices
on the platform to achieve additional
height be allowed. In addition, the
variance adds the liability of any
potential falls from this application to
be thrust upon parties that have had
no say in the process (manufacturers/dealers).
Until AWPT brought it to their
attention, manufacturers had not been
apprised of the variance, nor was a
request made for verbal or written permission to use their equipment in such
a manner. MIOSHA has previously stated that while consensus standards and
manufacturers’ recommendations are
considered in the variance process,
they are more interested in determining the safest way to do the job and
have allowed variances that are contrary to such standards and recommendations. Their position clearly places a
conflict should an accident occur when
such a variance is being used.
Both IPAF and SIA applaud
MIOSHA for their willingness to allow
jobsite risk assessment to be part of the
decision process for defining the safety
plan for a project. Nonetheless, we
strongly disagree with the lack of inclusion of the lift manufacturer in the
process. The design criteria for aerial
lifts are based on the premises that the
guard rail system is the primary fall
protection for users of the product. To
make a determination of a variance
from that basic position may not be
the “safest way to do the job,” and, in
fact, may add more risk. AWPT, with
the added signatures of the SIA Aerial
Platform Council and many of our
manufacturer members, has issued a
letter to MIOSHA requesting that they
immediately rescind this variance and
disallow all future applications. They
have agreed to review our position and
we are awaiting their response. We will
keep you abreast of their reply.
AWPT and SIA urge our membership to immediately bring to our attention any issue that you come in contact
with that may cause you concerns or
impact our industry. We are membership organizations and are here to support your needs. ■
Tony Groat is director of membership for
Aerial Work Platform Training (AWPT). He
can be reached at tony.groat@awpt.org or
(518) 320-0586.
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SIA Convention & Expo
Celebrating 35 Years
SIA to Hold 35th Anniversary Convention & Expo July 15-21
When the Scaffold Industry Association gathers in Long Beach, Calif. this
summer, the association will not only
host the 35th Annual SIA Convention
and Exposition, but will also proudly
celebrate the 35th anniversary of the
organization.
"Doing anything for 35 years requires a certain amount of resiliency,”
said SIA president John R. Miller. “But
for this association to weather the
storms of the past and continue to serve
the scaffold and access industry is a testament to the proud members who
have refused to let this association fail."
SIA director of communications,
Nicki Santo has been working diligently
on a multitude of items as she prepares
for not only SIA’s biggest event, but her
most demanding one. Specifically,
Santo has met with the staffs of the
hotel and convention center, will be
conducting a site visit to make sure not
only the association’s needs our met,
but to ensure aparticipants have a fantastic experience while in Long Beach.
Over the last month or so, SIA director of membership Elouise Schultz has
been making calls regarding sponsorship opportunities. To date, the majority of the sponsorship packages have
been sold, so if you would like to get
involved on the sponsorship level,
please contact Schultz soon at the SIA
offices or via email at elouise@scaffold.org to secure your sponsorship.
Sarah Haines, the SIA’s newest staff
member, has been keeping the flow of
the office responsibilities going as
preparation for the convention is
occurring, realizing that we as an association have to stay focused on the daily
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operations, in addition to keeping the
time sensitive commitments that an
event of this magnitude requires.
The convention will kick off July 15
and promises to offer many diverse
and stimulating meetings and events.
This year, the International Council
mixes things up by taking their meeting seaside with a two-hour voyage
around the Port of Long Beach,
geared towards touring the business of
Pitfalls” by Robert Miller and Bill Selman, of the Graham Co. The SIA is also
pleased to offer an Industry Luncheon
with special keynote speaker and former Olympian kayaker, Cliff Meidl. The
annual SIA Industry Awards dinner will
occur on July 19 at the Hyatt Regency
Long Beach, honoring the strong supporters and contributors in the scaffold
and access industry.
The SIA 35th Annual Exposition
“Training, education, networking, families,
fun and special recognition to our
Past Presidents for a job well done.
This will truly be a milestone
event for the SIA.”
the port. In conjunction to the many
council and committee meetings happening throughout the week, the convention offers recreational outings,
such as the SIA Golf Invitational on
July 16 at the Old Ranch Country Club
in Seal Beach, Calif. On July 17, the
President’s Crown Royal Reception
will be held aboard the historic Queen
Mary, located directly in the heart of
Long Beach. Also scheduled are events
for the spouses and children to
include a Support Group brunch, a
tour of Hollywood and an outing to
the Laguna Beach Arts Festival.
Special seminars to be held during
the convention include “Scaffold Litigation for Dummies” by attorneys Sharon
Rhode and Todd Peterson and
“Contractual Risk Transfer – Issues and
will be held on July 18 and 19 at the
Long Beach Convention Center, adjacent to the Hyatt Regency. This year’s
exhibitors include companies such as
Etobicoke Ironworks, Power Climber,
Skyjack and Tractel.
"This year’s convention has been
well planned and produced to provide
something for everyone,” Miller said.
“Training, education, networking,
families, fun and special recognition
to our Past Presidents for a job well
done. This will truly be a milestone
event for the SIA."
The event will also include a host
of training opportunities. This year
the SIA Convention and Expo will
introduce the West Coast Access
Safety Conference on July 18. The tarContinued on page 58
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Feature
Workforce Issues
Road to Recovery
Gulf Coast crisis forces cohesive plan to recruit, train
By Angelle Bergeron
Along the Gulf Coast, national projections indicate a net shortfall of 250,000 skilled laborers per year for the next 10 years.
Construction was already experiencing
a national workforce crisis when hurricanes Katrina and Rita walloped the
Gulf Coast region with a one-two
punch in 2005 and left an unprecedented amount of work in their wake.
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Estimates for the number of people it will take to actually perform
the work in the Gulf Coast vary wildly, but rather than wringing their
hands, industry experts from Texas
to Alabama are rolling up their
sleeves and coming up with creative
solutions.
As the Gulf Coast region forges
ahead in recovery, the rest of the country would do well to observe what may
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miracle in history – solving the current
workforce crisis.
Most everyone is familiar with the
prehurricane reasons for the labor
disaster.
“Boomers are retiring and some
states are experiencing a decline in the
number of 19-year-olds entering the
workforce for the first time,” says Loren
Scott, a Baton Rouge economist who
prepares an annual state economic outlook. “If you have a reduction on one
end because they are aging and no one
to pick up the slack on other end, you
will have a shortage problem.”
Along the Gulf Coast, national projections indicate a net shortfall of
250,000 skilled laborers per year for
the next 10 years.
“From 2000-2005, we averaged from
90,000 to 110,000 skilled craftworkers
in Louisiana,” says Eddie Rispone,
chairman of the management board
for Industrial Specialty Contractors
LLC of Baton Rouge. “For 2005-2010,
we were going to need twice that many
to do the work identified before the
storms. That was huge. Now we need
at least 90,000 more.”
The Gulf Coast Workforce Development Initiative estimates that an additional 45,000 workers will be needed to
rebuild the Gulf Coast, but that figure
doesn’t include all the oil, petrochemical and Liquefied Natural Gas construction in the region, says Stephen Toups,
vice president of business development
for Turner Industries of Baton Rouge.
“In the last five years, deepwater
efforts have spent about $20 billion on
deep offshore rigs,” Toups says. “In the
next five, they are expecting to spend
$65 billion. Everyone has more activity.
Everything is happening at once.”
Prior to the hurricanes, Turner was
employing between 9,000 and 11,000
people per year.
“Now we have 15,000, and that
doesn’t include hurricane rebuilds,
debris removal etc.,” Toups says.
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centives to keep the workers they have,
attract new ones from other parts of
the country or woo them away from
local competitors.
Workers are getting sign-on bonuses, higher hourly rates, per diems and
housing and/or gas stipends for travel.
“We’re doing whatever we can do to
get qualified employees,” says Jay
Carney, president of T. L. Wallace Construction Inc. of Columbia, Miss. “It’s a
supply and demand thing.”
As the Gulf Coast area contractors
increase wages to attract workers, the
outlying areas are forced to up the
ante as well. The more skill required
and the closer to the hurricane-affected zone, the higher the price.
months,” Robinson says. Most of this
increase is in the heavy, industrial sector,
but commercial and institutional will
likely catch up in the coming months.
Robinson says that a survey by his
organization of the Louisiana and
Texas Gulf Coast found that workforce
needs are expected to double in the
next two years.
“This is a combination of all types of
construction, but favors the heavy, industrial sector,” he adds. He says the
estimate is low, largely because surveyed contractors weren’t specific
about the numbers but referred to
their labor needs as “huge” or “great.”
Many construction executives in the
Gulf Coast area reported wage rate in-
For 2005-2010, we were going to need
twice that many to do the work
identified before the storms.
That was huge.
Now we need at least 90,000 more.
“Pay rates are specifically dictated by
how close you are to New Orleans,”
says Barry Blalock, district manager for
the Corpus Christi, Texas, office of
MMR Constructors Inc. Although
Corpus Christi didn’t feel the crunch
as bad as other places, MMR was still
paying a premium and having a hard
time finding people.
“Before the storm, we were paying an
A-class journeyman (electrical or instrumentation) $17 an hour,” Blalock says.
“After the storm, we were paying $18 an
hour, and now we’re paying $19.”
Wages will continue to escalate during the next two years, says Jeffrey
Robinson, president of Personnel Administrative Services of Saline, Mich.,
which tracks nationwide wage and
benefit trends and is working on a
two-year forecast of workforce needs
in the Gulf Coast.
“In some active areas in Louisiana
and Texas we have seen wages increase 3
to 4% each quarter over the past 12
creases of 7% in 2006 and project increases of 7% or higher in 2007,
Robinson says. He interprets that as a
sign that wage increases for crafts will
follow the same pattern and be even
higher in key industrial and petrochemical areas.
Immediately after Katrina, BE&K
Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., was flying its
top skilled craftspeople across the
country to meet the needs of its clients,
says Susan Wasley, director of corporate
communications.
“We are a big engineering construction company with locations across the
U.S. and we have been feeling the
pinch for a few years,” Wasley says.
“But it was never worse than right
after the hurricane when we felt like
everybody rushed to the coast. We felt
the pinch everywhere in the South
and Southeast.”
The lack of skilled labor is slowing
down delivery of some projects as they
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says Matthew Walsh Sr., Archer
Western president. “We haven’t bid on
any in Louisiana because we haven’t
had the confidence that we can attract
the size and skill level we need.”
Even if companies have the resources to find the people they need,
it may be at too high a price to their
bottom line.
“This is a serious industrywide problem and it is going to take contractors,
owners, educators and government
agencies to solve this problem,”
BE&K’s Wasley says. “It is limiting
growth – national growth. If you can’t
build it, you have slowed down the
growth of a region or even a nation.”
Mike Boudreaux, president and CEO of Gulf Coast Investment Developers Inc. of Biloxi, Miss.,
says it’s a constant struggle to find qualified laborers for his projects.
take a back seat to high-profile contracts with big budgets and early completion incentives.
Through his company’s construction management division, Mike
Boudreaux, president and CEO of Gulf
Coast Investment Developers Inc. of
Biloxi, Miss., says it’s a constant struggle.
“Even if you could get all the people
you need to perform the work, where
are they going to live?” asks C.J.
“Buddy” Edens, president of Mississippi
Associated Builders and Contractors.
“There is still a dire shortage for workers who would come into this area.”
Since the joint venture of Granite
Construction Co. of Watsonville, Calif.,
Pay rates are specifically dictated by how close
you are to New Orleans.
“When I go out and see 14 roofers
when the subcontractor said they would
have 25 on the job, that’s when there is a
problem,” Boudreaux says. “They scramble to get laborers to get the work done,
but sometimes they’re just bodies.”
The problem has caused GCID
numerous delays.
“Our Oak Shores development
(in Biloxi) was supposed to be finished in August,” Boudreaux says.
“Now we won’t start closing out units
until the first week of February.
We’re talking about a six-month
delay on that project.”
No matter what contractors are
paying for the actual work, they also
have to dig deep and foot the cost for
housing, too.
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and Archer Western Contractors, a unit
of The Walsh Group, of Chicago began
work on the $266.8 million contract to
build a new U.S. 90 bridge over the St.
Louis Bay in Mississippi, it has been providing camps to house employees.
“We’re paying higher wages and
incentives, but they’re probably still
not as high as we would be paying in
other parts of the country,” says Allen
Nelson, GAW project manager.
Providing housing also cuts into a
contractor’s profit margin, which may
steer some away from the work on the
Gulf Coast.
“We’re having trouble attracting the
sizeable workforce we need, and that
has kept us from bidding on some
projects, particularly in Louisiana,”
So What’s the Solution?
Congress passed legislation in the
fall 2005 to fund existing and new
workforce development programs,
including the Gulf Coast Workforce
Development Initiative.
The initiative kicked off its “I’m
GREAT” (Gulf Rebuild: Education,
Advancement and Training) campaign,
with the goal of recruiting and training
up to 20,000 new construction craftworkers for the Gulf Coast region by
2009. In July, the Business Roundtable
took over the marketing and promotional aspect of the recruitment effort.
By August, I’m GREAT was launched in Louisiana and Mississippi. The
campaign includes radio spots, billboards and signs touting the GREAT
campaign and the toll free number to
call (888-52-GREAT) to learn more
about free training.
“In Louisiana and Mississippi our
final trained number was 2,161 people
for 2006,” says Tim Horst, program
manager. There are already plans to
expand I’m GREAT into Texas and
Alabama by mid-2007 and eventually
take the program nationwide.
“First we have to prove our ability to
train and achieve our goals on the Gulf
Coast,” Horst says. “Our goal for 2006
was to train 2,500, so we were a little bit
short of that.” But Horst adds that he is
encouraged that the training rate in
November (the latest data available)
was at the monthly rate required to
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Workforce Issues
Considering the ease of finding suitable hires for available positions
within your company, would you say that following Katrina and Rita
hiring has become:
meet the 2009 goal of 20,000 people.
As long as redevelopment continues to be stymied by unresolved insurance issues, lack of housing and the
absence of a comprehensive rebuild
plan, the workforce problem won’t be
resolved, says Derrell Cohoon, president of Louisiana Associated General
Contractors in Baton Rouge, La.
“At this point, I’m betting that number (20,000 trained) isn’t as close to
what the actual numbers should be
because the rebuild really hasn’t started,” Cohoon adds. “But people won’t
take training classes unless there are
jobs waiting.”
The worker shortage is not a new
phenomenon along the Gulf Coast,
but it has reached such crisis propor-
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Considering the time it takes to fill available positions listed, would
you say that following Katrina and Rita the time to fill has:
tions that it is forcing the industry to
take a comprehensive approach that
includes image perception, education,
recruitment, training and retention,
says Industrial Specialty Contractors’
Rispone, who also chairs the Louisiana
Craft Workforce Development Board.
In November, at the National Construction Users Roundtable conference, Rispone presented the board’s
comprehensive plan that he hopes will
become a template for workforce
development nationwide. The board
has since presented its recommendations to the Department of Education,
Department of Labor and various user
groups and is in the process of setting
up a meeting with Louisiana Gov.
Kathleen Blanco.
“We are going to just keep pushing
forward,” Rispone says. “This really is a
good blueprint for what needs to be
done in a coordinated effort for workforce development in any state.”
But Turner Industries’ Toups says
he is confident that the crisis will pass,
adding that the industry has always
adapted to make things happen.
“The right people are talking,
working on it and paying more attention to workforce development than in
the past,” he says. “We’re educating
people, talking about it, working
smarter, using technology and communicating better.” ■
This article first appeared in the March 2007
issue of Texas Construction.
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Column
Business Management
Threats to Your
Small Business
U.S. Chamber fights harmful measures, plays defense in Congress
The U.S. Chamber, exercising its lobbying and grassroots strength, is working to defeat a host of anti-business
measures under consideration in
Congress. Here's a look at key proposals and how you can help.
Workplace Mandates
Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.) is
expected to reintroduce the Healthy
Families Act, which would require
employers with at least 15 workers to
offer seven paid sick days annually. Such
a rigid mandate could expose small
businesses to increased labor litigation.
Also, Sen. Christopher Dodd (DConn.) is expected to reintroduce a
bill requiring that six of the 12 weeks of
current unpaid employee leave mandated by the Family and Medical Leave
Act (FMLA) be paid. The legislation
would also expand FMLA to cover businesses with as few as 25 employees. The
current law applies to companies with
more than 50 employees.
The chamber is seeking revisions to
FMLA regulations that would give
employers greater ability to manage
absenteeism attributed to abuse of
FMLA. In February, it submitted comments on FMLA implementation to
the Department of Labor detailing
members' experiences and difficulties
in complying with the regulations.
Union Card Check
The U.S. Chamber has launched
a major grassroots lobbying camwww.scaffold.org
paign to oppose legislation, H.R.
800, that would force employees to
decide in the presence of union
leaders and supporters whether or
not to start a union by signing a
card, as opposed to the current system of voting by secret ballot.
Secret ballot elections are supervised by the National Labor
Relations Board, which protects the
interests of both employees and
employers. H.R. 800 would open
the door to union coercion, intimidation, and badgering to compel
employees to sign union cards.
Tax Gap
Small businesses could bear the
brunt of proposals by Congress, the
IRS, and the Treasury Department to
reduce the $290 billion tax gap, which
is the difference between the amount
of taxes owed and the amount that is
paid voluntarily and on time.
Most of the proposals would lead to
more paperwork burdens. The IRS
and Treasury have suggested requiring
businesses to file an information
return for yearly payments of $600 or
more to service providers.
Another proposal would require
companies to electronically verify a service provider's tax number before disbursing funds. If it could not be verified, a portion of the funds would have
to be withheld and sent to the IRS.
The chamber is concerned that
these changes would unfairly shift the
burden of compliance from tax cheats
to law-abiding third parties. Simplifying the tax code is the most effective
way to ensure timely compliance,
according to the chamber.
3% Withholding Mandate
Beginning in 2011, vendors doing
business with the government will face
a 3% federal, state, and local government withholding requirement on all
government contracts. The chamber is
concerned about efforts to move up
the date and increase the withholding
percentage as a way of raising additional revenues to offset extended tax
relief. The chamber supports full
repeal of the 3% withholding provision and opposes efforts to move up
the implementation date.
What You Can Do
•Become a member of the U.S.
Chamber's grassroots network at
www.voteforbusiness.com.
•Register for America's Small Business Summit 2007 in Washington, DC,
from May 23 to 25 and meet with your
elected representatives or their staffs at
www.uschambersummit.com.
•Become involved with the
chamber's more than 30 policy committees and councils at www.uschamber.com/committees. ■
This article first appeared in the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce’s monthly magazine, uschamber.com.
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Department
Industry Briefs
Bil-Jax Celebrates
60th Anniversary
Archbold, Ohio-based Bil-Jax recently
celebrated its 60th anniversary.
The company’s history started in
1946 when two brothers, Bill and Jack
Ashenfelter, designed a “scaffold
horse” (forerunner to the modern day
utility scaffold) to assist them with
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their plastering trade. The concept
produced such time-saving results that
word spread quickly and they were
soon manufacturing units for other
tradesmen. With demand growing, the
Ashenfelter brothers sold the product
rights of their invention to a local
Archbold, Ohio family in 1947 when
Bil-Jax was founded.
Joining the American Rental
Association in 1964, Bil-Jax experienced tremendous growth throughout the 60s, 70s and 80s. A line of telescopic and towable boom lifts was put
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Industry Briefs
into production in the late 70s, adding
to the company’s growing line of
rental industry products. Rapid
growth continued in the mid-90s after
the company was sold to a German
entity. During this time frame, Bil-Jax
pioneered the powder coat finishing
systems that are common within the
industry today, as well as being the first
to use ID coated tube to prolong the
life of scaffold products.
The 21st Century brought about the
purchase of Bil-Jax by the current management team and a private U.S.
investment group. Today Bil-Jax produces frame, system and utility scaffolds, walkboards and other scaffolding
accessories, shoring frames and accessories, trailer-mounted boom lifts, telescopic lifts, material lifts, event staging
and seating, as well as drywall equipment, log splitters, loading ramps,
trash removal systems and crowd barricade fencing. ■
NYC, OSHA to
Promote Safety
In the wake of several fatal construction and scaffolding accidents, New York
City is teaming up with the federal
Occupational Safety and Health
Administration to promote jobsite safety,
Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced.
The city will allocate $6 million to
regulate the industry and increase
training and communication for
workers and contractors. In turn,
OSHA will issue penalties for rule violations. Officials say the OSHA partnership is necessary due to the construction boom the city is currently
experiencing.
There were 29 construction site
deaths in 2006, most of them were scaffolding accidents. There have been no
fatal accidents thus far in 2007. ■
Stachowiak Promoted
to National Director
of Safety
Sunbelt Rentals
has promoted Jeff
Stachowiak to a
newly created position of national
director of safety.
In this position,
he will assume the
lead role for the
Jeff Stachowiak Sunbelt safety function and will develop strategic initiatives to reduce and eliminate safety
hazards. “This is a highly visible and
critical role in our company,” says
Sunbelt Rentals vice president of safety
and risk management Catherine
Whitney. “Sunbelt has always been
focused on safety and Jeff will further
our safety culture.”
Stachowiak’s responsibilities include creation and enforcement of
Sunbelt safety policy and procedures, training and management of
24 safety managers. ■
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UNITED STATES
ALASKA
R&R Scaffold Erectors, Inc.– Anchorage
David Bond (907)344-5427/ (888)550-5427
ARIZONA
Action Scaffolding, Inc.– Phoenix
Howard Schapira (602)252-3417
Waco Scaffolding & Equipment– Phoenix
Hardy Roloff (216)749-8900
CALIFORNIA
Arise Waco Scaffolding
& Equipment– San Diego
Paul Zimmerman (619)591-2300
Elevator, LLC- Santa Rosa
Joe Aujay (415)798-0021
Harold Gidish– La Mirada
Harold Gidish (714)522-6590
G.F. Towse– Arbuckle
Gerald Towse (916)997-0340
I.A.T.S.E. Local 80– Burbank
Kent Jorgensen (818)526-0700
HAWAII
Atlas Sales Co., Inc. - Honolulu
Ronald Camp (808)841-1111
Scaffold Service– St. Paul
Micki Hentges (651)646-4600
Safway Services, Inc.– Honolulu
Derek Ho (808)682-0304
MONTANA
Environmental Contractors LLC– Billings
Rick Kirn (406)652-6337
IDAHO
Building Materials Holding Corp.– Boise
Jim Schreiber (208)331-4300
ILLINOIS
Safety Partners Ltd.– Godfrey
Bill St. Peters (618)467-0480
KENTUCKY
Atlantic Scaffolding Company– Ashland
Andy Herron (410)799-0304
LOUISIANA
Brock Group– Baton Rouge
Jack Rhodus (225)756-7709
Atlantic Scaffolding Company– Baton Rouge
Barry Guidry (225)766-0386
Patent Construction Systems- New Orleans
Tim Holden (504)733-2811
Jax Scaffolding Systems LLC– San Marcos
Dave Cave (760)744-8105
MASSACHUSETTES
Lynn Ladder & Scaffolding Co.– West Lynn
Alan Kline (800)225-2510
Safety Management Services- San Diego
J. Robert Harrell (858)259-0591
Patent Construction Systems- Medford
Bill Halkovitch (781)396-3727
NEBRASKA
Midwest Scaffold Service, LLC– Omaha
Tim C. Weber (402)597-9100
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Seacoast Scaffold & Equipment Corp.– Concord
Mark Harless Sr. (888)701-1119
NEW JERSEY
R&R Scaffolding Ltd.– Moonachie
Crister J. Hogne (201)438-3020
NEW MEXICO
Territorial Scaffold, Inc.– Albuquerque
Tim Sims (505)242-1892
NEVADA
Nevada Scaffold & Equipment– Las Vegas
Jerry Peck (702)262-9197
NEW YORK
Tri-City Scaffold, Inc.– Delanson
John James (518)895-2587
NORTH CAROLINA
Brewer Equipment Co.– Greensboro
Tom Brewer (336)292-6737
Training Program
FLORIDA
Atlantic Scaffolding Company– Bartow
Crom Equipment Rentals, Inc.– Gainesville
Erik Hauger (352)378-6966
Spectrum Contracting- Naples
Brian Peachey (239)643-2722
Haynes Scaffolding– West Palm Beach
Rick Haynes (561)833-8689
GEORGIA
Specialty Trade Services– Atlanta
David Crenshaw (404)691-1944
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Tractel Inc.– Canton
Cliff Theve (781)401-3288
MARYLAND
Atlantic Scaffolding Company– Baltimore
Millstone Corporation– Upper Marlboro
John Miller (301)599-7500
MICHIGAN
FRG Corporation– Monroe
Bernard Brewer (734)457-9131
MINNESOTA
Waco Scaffolding & Equipment– Minneapolis
Minneapolis
Occupational Safety & Hygiene Institute- Raleigh
Jim Bruce (919)749-4937
OHIO
Waco Scaffolding & Equipment– Cleveland
OREGON
Waco Scaffolding & Equipment Co., Inc.
Daryl Hare (503)232-9226
PENNSYLVANIA
Patent Construction Systems- Pittsburgh
Don Bigley (412)505-5701
Universal Manufacturing Corp.– Zelienople
Chris Lindquist (724)452-3100
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TEXAS
John R. Jordan– Consultant– San Antonio
John Jordan (830)980-7244
WISCONSIN
Bird Scaffold Rentals– Milwaukee
Charles Cain (414)645-8502
Christian Labour Union of Canada
- Edmonton
Co Vanderlann (780) 454-6181
Atlantic Scaffolding Company– Nederland
Barry Guidry (225)766-0386
CANADA
Link Scaffold Services - Edmonton
Simon Simoes (780) 449-6111
Brock Group– Houston
Kurt Jones (225)756-7705
VIRGINIA
Culberston Company of Virginia
Jim Morasco (215)783-2330
Arise Waco Scaffolding & Equipment– Portsmouth
Anchor Scaffolding & Ladder Co.- Chesapeake
Vinny Culcasi (757)545-2800
WASHINGTON
Safway Supply, Inc.– Spokane
Patrick Thomas (509)535-9841
ALBERTA
BAR Industries, Inc. - Bonnyville
Robert Hollasch (780)207-1278
Pinnacle Scaffold Training Ltd - Red Deer
Geoff Lagoutte (403)358-6948
Quinn Contracting Ltd.– Blackfalds
George Van Dorp (403)885-6215
Summit Swingstage - Sherwood Park
Blake McGrath (780) 406-2099
Urban Scaffolding– Edmonton
Wendy Larison (780)452-5950
MANITOBA
Manitoba Hydro - Winnipeg
Brian Atkinson (204)474-3311
NEWFOUNDLAND
HIGHTEK Fall Protection
Stephen Pike (709)682-2104
ONTARIO
Dunn-Wright Engineering, Inc. - Caledon
John Rosenthal (905)880-4422
PERU
LIMA
Climber SAC
Grocio Paredes Maibach (511)254-5650
Training Program
Van Dyke, Stewart and Assoc.- Calgary
Stewart Van Dyke (403)291-2293
G.E. McPherson & Associates - Richland
Gerald McPherson (509) 539-3952
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Celebrating 35 Years
geted audience of the conference will
be contractors and tradesmen and is
scheduled to start the first day of the
Expo with an overview of User Hazard
Awareness Training in the following
areas: Fall Protection, Plank & Platform Safety, Supported Scaffold
Safety, along with Suspended Scaffold
Safety. These sessions are a condensed
version of our full Hazard Awareness
Training programs.
These two-hour introduction classes will provide insight to the full training programs that are currently offered by the SIA Accredited Training
Centers (ATIs). Upon completion
there will be an “Ask OSHA” Q&A
with both federal and CAL OSHA representatives. The attendees will then
have access to the SIA Expo. On day
two of the Expo, we will have speakers
addressing the economic outlook as
well as Congressional representatives
offering an update on Immigration
Reform and National Security.
A Train the Trainer Workshop will
be held July 19 and 20. This is an
intensive 16-hour course, and is a
hand’s on approach to the improvement of teaching and learning skills.
The Train the Trainer is facilitated by
Maureen Orey M.Ed., CPLP, SIA
Training Program Manager. Participants will review basic ideas about
training, check current practices, and
become familiar with the SIA Training
Program content.
On July 21, a Competent Person
Training – Frame Scaffold program,
Safety Training for Suspended
Scaffold Course and Re-Certification
Exams will be held.
The SIA is looking forward to an
informative, productive and entertaining week in Long Beach. You may register online, view the detailed schedule
of events and find out what all the
excitement is about by visiting the SIA
website at www.scaffold.org or by contacting the SIA office at (602) 2571144. Register today! ■
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For advertising rates and information, contact:
Elizabeth Dambouradjian
(832) 524-4947
or
Joan Callahan
(972) 819-1496
To submit an article, contact:
Natalie Keith, Editor
natkeith1@juno.com
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Schedule
Of Events
Industry Events
June 24-26
Safety 2007 Exposition
ASSE
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Fla.
SIA Events
June 8
SIA Southwest Chapter Golf Tournament
The Battleground at Deer Park
Deer Park, Texas
July 15-21
35th Annual Convention & Expo
Hyatt Regency Long Beach
and Long Beach Convention Center
Long Beach, Calif.
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Adams Supply of Dallas
2722 Logan St.
Dallas, TX 75215
(241) 428-5585
Contact: Adams George
www.adamssupplydallas.com
MCM Restoration
Box 1117
Fort Scott, KS 66701
(620) 223-6602
Contact: Craig McKenney
www.mcmrestoration.com
Scaffolding Rental
& Erection Service
1150 Le Blanc Road
Port Allen, LA 70767
(225) 339-0871
Contact: Herman Thibodeaux
Imperial Scaffolding Inc.
1373 Miller St.
Anaheim, CA 92806
(714) 996-5640
Contact: Richard Martinez
Michael Spirnak
9105 Memphis Villas Blvd.
Brookland, OH 44144
(216) 577-7753
Contact: Michael Spirnak
Specialty Claims
Management LLC
1001 Craig Road, Suite 330
St. Louis, MO 63146
(314) 569-9828
Contact: Robert G. Zinselmeier
Max Investors LC
885 275 St.
West Branch, IA 52358
(319) 325-1700
Contact: Don Maxson
www.scaffold-system.com
Phase2 Company
216 Hemlock St.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
(970) 482-7000
Contact: Dan Larsen
www.phase2co.com
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West Coast
Maintenance, Inc.
711 East Gardena Blvd.
Gardena, CA 90248
(310) 324-2511
Contact: Mari Guzman
www.westcoastmaintenance.com
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Advertiser’s
Index
15 Action Scaffold Mfg.
actionscaffold.com
26 Scaffolding Today, Inc.
falconladder.com
10 Allied Insurance Brokers
alliedforscaffold.com
43 Allied Tube and Conduit
alliedflo-form.com
51 Formwork Exchange
scaffoldingtoday.com
60 Scaffold Industry, Asso.
formwork-exchange.com
IBC Hydro-Mobile, Inc.
scaffold.org
52 SIA Insurance
hydro-mobile.com
17 Alum-A-Pole Corp.
alumapole.com
16 IPAF, Ltd.
ncisltd.com
OBC Strong Man Building Prod.
awpt.org
10 Bill-Jax
41 Ives Training Group
billjax.com
strongman.com
1 ThyssenKrupp Safway
ivestraining.com
38 Bothwell Enterprises
bothwellplank.com
6 Klimer Mfg.
safway.com
28 Tractel Ltd.
klimer.com
58 Chutes International
chutes.com
22 Direct Scaffold Supply
directscaffoldsupply.com
39 Eagle Industries
9 L & T Import & Export
40 Layher, Inc.
layherusa.com
eagleenclosure.com
tractelgriphoist.com
IFC Universal Mfg.
universalscaffold.com
28 Upright USA
9 Marr Scaffolding Co.
marrscaffolding.com
33 OY Scaninter Nokia Ltd.
7 Elk River, Inc.
upright.com
45 Thiel Scaffolding
Canada, Inc.
scanclimber.com
elkriver.com
25 Power Climber
2 Etobicoke Ironworks, Ltd.
eiw.ca.com
19 Falcon Ladder
thielcanada.com
33 Waco Scaffold
powerclimber.com
4 Saf-T
wacoscaf.com
24 Winsafe Corporation
liftandaccess.com
winsafe.com
SIA Enforces Copyright Protection
The Scaffold Industry Association (SIA) produces safety and training materials as well as many codes, warning signs and labels for the access industry in addition to standards and manuals
for all products governed by ANSI A92. These products all carry copyright protection to the association to maintain their authenticity as well as to protect their revenue stream for our members.
The SIA encourages its members as well as users of high reach equipment to report any unauthorized reproduction or modifications of these products so that the association can take legal
steps to protect our copyright. “For the protection of our members, violators will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law” says John Miller, SIA President. “Our SIA members and ANSI A92 subcommittee members work to hard as volunteers to generate these products for the good of the scaffold and access industry to not legal protect them.”
Please call the SIA office at 602-257-1144 or email RJ Marshall at RJM@scaffold.org to report any suspected violations.
Now Available
Manuals of Responsibilities
for Aerial Work Platforms
The Scaffold Industry Association announces
now available
2006 Manuals of Responsibilities
ANSI/SIA A92.5 Boom Supported Elevating Work Platforms
ANSI/SIA A92.3 Manually Propelled Elevating Aerial Platforms
For Dealers, Owners, Users and Operators, Lessors and Lessees.
Section 5.2.2 of the standard (A92.3 2006 & A92.5 2006)
The current Manual of Responsibilities for dealers, owners, users, operators, lessors,
lessees and brokers .... shall be provided and stored in the weather resistant storage compartment.
To order your copies, visit our website at www.scaffold.org.
For
any
questions,
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