Horizon Platforms Blog

With such a wide variety of access platforms to choose from, installing racking involves high-risk working at height activity that will require carefully considered machinery. In this blog post, Horizon Platforms have put together five top tips to ensure you select the most appropriate machinery for your warehouse racking installations. 

If you’re completing a job that requires working at height using an access platform, chances are you will either consider buying or hiring a MEWP. It’s not as simple as picking the first cherry picker or scissor lift you see. You’ll need to carefully consider what equipment is most suitable for the job. We’ve therefore put together the questions you need to ask yourself before hiring an access platform. 

MEWPs are used in an abundance of industries and sectors - some you wouldn’t even think of. In this blog, the team at Horizon Platforms have put together just a few of the many uses of powered access platforms. 

In this guide, Horizon Platforms shares everything you need to know about access platform training, what to expect from an IPAF and PASMA training course and how you can meet legal regulations for operating access platforms.

Access platforms such as cherry pickers and scissor lifts can seem like a significant investment. However, buying a new MEWP isn’t your only option when it comes to equipment for working at height. Selecting a used access platform is also an option. Are approved used MEWPs right for you?

After passing 2,000,000 issued PAL cards worldwide in 2020, IPAF (International Powered Access Federation) has launched a new digital app that IPAF believe will be a “game-changer” for safety and efficiency. The ePAL app will feature a digital PAL card, operator logbook, and safety guides. So it will also help easily verify an operators credentials, as well as helping users track and share their equipment time digitally.

Horizon Platforms have trained thousands of PAL cardholders, providing the full range of IPAF qualifications over many years.  Speaking to Horizon’s Training Business Manager, Ben Hughes, this is what he had to say about the new innovations.

The MEWP hire market in the UK has a mixture of large nationals, independent operators, and brokers. But not all will hold IPAF Rental+. Learn why independently audited IPAF Rental+ companies give customers confidence in quality, safety, and risk management.

We are immensely proud to announce Horizon Platforms is transitioning to an employee-owned business. We have built a very special culture here at Horizon which aims to deliver the very best service in the industry. This route allows us to ensure that you continue to receive that great service. It now means we have employee owners, who will all be aiming to delight our customers, new and existing, with superb customer service in the future!

Working at height with a MEWP is secure and reliable, but only if you put your safety first. While there are no legal MEWP harness requirements when working at height, wearing one is strongly recommended, particularly for boom lift operators. Read on to learn more.

Working at height in a cold environment is safe and productive if you take the right precautions and know how to notice key warning signs. Read this article to learn from IPAF experts in the safe operation of access platforms in cold conditions.