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CAPITAL EQUIPMENT NEWS
JUNE 2017
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WORK-AT-HEIGHT
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
EASING WORK-AT-HEIGHT
HEADACHES
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.