Horizon Platforms Blog

Looking for the perfect cherry picker, or boom lift, for your work-from-height task? In this guide, we’ll unpack the different types of boom lifts available and show you how to select the right one for your projects, considering everything from height to outreach length and platform width to fuel type.

What precautions should MEWP operators and managers consider when using MEWPs in restricted spaces? In this blog, Horizon Platforms shares advice on selecting the right cherry pickers or scissor lifts for operating in restricted spaces, along with some important safety tips. 

Working at height can be particularly challenging and, in some cases, can be dangerous if risks aren’t assessed and mitigated successfully. In this blog, we’ll take a look at the most common risks that workers face when working at height and the best ways to prevent them. 

Working at height in food processing comes with unique demands such as contamination risks, slippery surfaces, and strict hygiene standards. This post covers how Horizon's clean, quiet MEWPs are suited to food environments, what specialist accessories are available to minimise contamination risk, and how expert site surveys and IPAF training help keep teams safe and compliant.

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.