Genie Safety Minute: Genie Lift Guard Fall Arrest Bar
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue ReadingUpdated Training Requirements
One of the biggest challenges facing our industry today is how to increase awareness about why safety training is so important.
Continue ReadingGenie Safety Minute: Global Compliance
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue ReadingInnovation with a Purpose
There is a lot of buzz in the industry swirling around technology and innovation.
Continue ReadingService Minute: Check the Turntable Rotation Bearing Bolts
Good operating condition and extended life expectancy of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) are largely influenced by regular care and maintenance.
Continue ReadingMEWP and Telehandler Operation – What Operators Must Do Before Every Shift
There are five concepts of safe machine operation, all of which are outlined in the machine’s operator’s manual, for Genie® aerial equipment, including mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPS, formerly AWPs) and telehandlers.
Continue ReadingGenie Safety Minute: How to Use the Genie® Safety Page
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue ReadingPurchasing MEWPs Compliant with Regional Standards
In the United States, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, is the primary enforcement agency for mobile elevated work platform (MEWP), or commonly known as aerial work platform (AWP), safety on the jobsite.
Continue ReadingGenie Safety Minute: Genie XC Boom Lifts vs. Genie Non-XC Boom Lifts
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue ReadingWhat Type of Harness Do I Need to Operate a Genie® Aerial Lift?
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created in 1970 to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance.
Continue ReadingA92 Minute: Need-To-Know Lingo
Check out this Genie A92 Minute on Need-To-Know-Lingo in the new MEWP Standards.
Continue ReadingService Minute: Repairing Steel Platform Guard Rails on Genie® MEWPs
Rental applications often include demanding tasks that increase the risk of damage for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) on jobsites.
Continue ReadingANSI Manual of Responsibilities: Critical Updates You Need to Know
Since the new ANSI A92 standards were published on December 20th, 2018, one of the most often asked questions I receive is “Do I have to replace the ANSI Manual of Responsibilities on all of my MEWPs (Mobile Elevating Work Platforms) with the newest one?”
Continue ReadingMEWP Safe Use Plan Guidance
The operation of any Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) is subject to certain hazards that can be protected against only by the exercise of intelligence, care and common sense, and not by any device.
Continue ReadingGenie Safety Minute: Global Standards Requirements for MEWPs
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue ReadingFall Arrest Systems Offer Greater Flexibility When Working at Height
From new construction to maintenance and repair work, articulated and telescopic booms put people where they need to be to get the job done.
Continue ReadingGenie Safety Minute: Light Assembly Frames
Genie Safety Minute: Light Assembly Frames
Continue ReadingGenie Safety Minute: Grounding Plug Safe Use
Genie Safety Minute: Grounding Plug Safe Use
Continue ReadingWhat is the Difference between “Qualified” and “Certified”?
In the aerial work platform industry, the terms “qualified” and “certified” are often used interchangeably in connection with training for employees who operate or maintain mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs).
Continue ReadingGenie Safety Minute: Load Sense
Genie Safety Minute is intended to facilitate health and safety discussions on the job site.
Continue ReadingService Minute: The Importance of Technician Training Programs
Training in the aerial industry is very important — a life is at stake each and every time someone gets into a piece of aerial equipment.
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