Genie Joined OSHA’S National Fall Prevention Stand-Down Efforts

Terex Aerial Work Platforms (AWP) participated in OSHA’s National Fall Prevention Stand-Down, May 2-6, offering free Genie® marketing safety kits to support safety awareness and training initiatives in the aerial access industry. The Genie kits help employers talk directly to employees about safety, focusing on forthcoming changes in ANSI and CSA compliance and reinforcing the importance of standardized operator, inspection and maintenance training. The purpose of the National Fall Prevention Stand-Down is to raise awareness of work at height best practices in construction applications.

"The number one priority on any aerial jobsite should be to promote a safe workplace for both the operators and the people around them," said Karen Stash, Genie Senior Director of Global Product Management and Marketing, Terex AWP. "One of the biggest challenges in the aerial industry is increasing awareness about why safety is so important, especially as the standards change. Genie has achieved its five-decade legacy of ‘Building the Future’ through industry leadership, and driving safety awareness in the aerial industry has been —and always will be — a primary goal at Genie. We are pleased to offer these safety kits to support our rental customers’ safety and training initiatives. The materials in these kits are designed to build awareness of operating Genie equipment while helping our customers gain a better understanding of the variety of convenient training tools that are available to maximize productivity on Genie equipment."

In these kits, Terex AWP included several informational pieces, such as "10 Safe Operating Tips for Telehandlers" poster, as well as a poster and an article on the changes coming in 2017 to the ANSI and CSA standards. These upcoming changes to the standards will significantly update industry responsibilities for safe use and training to align more with international standards (ISO), and the pieces in these Genie safety kits will help rental store owners better prepare for the changes.

The Genie safety kits also contained tools to help employers and employees comply with industry standards for training and safe use of aerial equipment, including Genie Lift Pro™ training cards — five for AWP and five for telehandlers — with five additional enrollment codes for free online operating training and a Genie Tech Pro™ online training card for inspection and maintenance. And, the kit contained elements that employers can use year-round to remind employees of their commitment to safety: Genie Lift Pro window clings, Genie operator protective accessories brochures, product catalogs and Genie 50th Anniversary hard hat stickers.