Aerial Pros

OSHA Set to Increase Fines, Inspections – How Does It Affect Your Rental Business?

For the first time in 25 years, fines levied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will increase, under a provision in the new budget deal President Obama signed into law on November 2, 2015.

Genie Safety Minute: Collision Avoidance

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

Cribbing Instructions for Boom Lifts

One of the most important rules when operating an aerial work platform is that it must only be elevated on a firm and level surface capable of supporting the weight of the machine.

What's that Decal Say?

Equipment decals: The cool, informative and potentially life-saving ink found on all aerial work platforms.

Eight Stages of Risk Assessment

With so much changing in the updated ANSI/CSA standards, it is important to call attention to one key item that every user (identified in the standards as employers) needs to be aware of.

Genie Safety Minute: Carrying Materials in a Platform

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

Changes to the ANSI and CSA Standards You Need to Know About

The current ANSI and CSA standards for safe use and training have not been updated for many years (the current ANSI boom, scissor lift and manually propelled standards were last updated in 2006, and CSA standards go back even further).

Genie Safety Minute: Transporting A Machine

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

National Safety Stand-Down 2017: The Importance of Performing Inspections and Functions Tests Before you Begin Your Workday

Performing inspections and function tests is a crucial part of safe work practices when operating any aerial work platform equipment.

Fleet Reconditioning

Today’s business climate demands that you carefully consider how best to manage your fleet to maximize the rental return on invested capital (rROIC).

Language and Terminology Changes in the ANSI A92 and CSA B354 Standards Updates

ANSI A92 and CSA B354 standards are about to get a facelift.

Genie Safety Minute: Prevent Tip-Overs

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

Updated Cable Replacement Protocol for Genie® Boom Lifts

With rental equipment constantly going out and coming in, less time in the shop translates to more time out on rent.

Managing the Age of Your Equipment Fleet

Rental fleet managers work hard to find the precise balance between a machine’s age, hours, maintenance and depreciation expenses to determine the optimum time to retire or replace a machine.

How are ANSI Standards for Aerial Work Platforms Enforced by OSHA?

With increases in OSHA penalties, as well as conducting more inspections to identify violations of its policies and impose the new fines, a question many in the aerial rental market are asking is: How are ANSI standards enforced by OSHA?

Genie Safety Minute: Product Registration

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

How Industry Regulations and Standards Work

With the pending changes to ANSI 92* and CSA B354 standards, there is a need for education in the aerial market about the implications of the new standards, as well as how they will work with current industry regulations.

Follow Special Precautions to Exit a Boom Platform at Height

Articulated and telescopic booms are designed to allow operators to work at varying heights while remaining inside the platform.

Start Preparing Now for the New Aerial Standards Coming

With Tier 4 emissions standards compliance underway, we now need to turn our attention to the next “big thing” to impact the aerial rental market — pending changes to the ANSI A92/CSA B354 standards series* (which cover all North American aerials).

Genie Safety Minute: Loading and Unloading a Boom

Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.

Aerial Work Platform Accessories

Genie options and accessories allow operators to do their jobs more efficiently and help provide an additional level of safety to their work environment.