Safety Always

Industrial material handling has considerable inherent occupational health and safety risks. We want to provide products and services that make our customers’ material flow more efficient and safer. Our offering includes technologically advanced equipment with innovative safety features as well as efficient preventive and predictive maintenance that enables our customers to keep equipment in good working order throughout their lifespan.

Prior to launch, our products are thoroughly tested in our Reliability Centers against applicable standards. We follow product safety performance through our product safety management process called AIR, which includes reporting and investigating known equipment-related safety incidents, including occurrences such as load drops.

We incorporate safety into the design, manufacturing, maintenance, and service of our products. We create value for crane operators by providing applications that increase safety, usability, and efficiency.

Our cranes can be fitted with a wide variety of our existing safety features. Sway Control, Hook Centering and Snag Prevention limit unwanted movements of the load during lifting or moving or if the load or hook gets caught on something. Inching and Microspeed allow the operator to control load speeds efficiently and safely especially in the starts and ends of lifts. Remote operation (using the Remote Operating Station) enables the crane operator to work in safe areas with better ergonomics. This also increases safety in customer facilities, as people are further away from the machines.

Target Positioning helps crane operators position the loads safely and quickly. Geofencing, which is a feature that limits load movements in areas that might cause risks to people or property, is made possible through the Work Zone Smart Feature application. Solutions such as Assisted Load Turning, Target Positioning and End Positioning help improve the safety of load manipulation and ensure that the load is delivered safely and accurately where needed. Our Live Channel, an online virtual crane demonstration tool, enables us to showcase our crane safety features to our customers in real time.

Safety means many things for us. Safety means the well-being and health of our employees. It means ability to work safely without fear or risk of getting hurt. It is not only about our own operations but extends also beyond the company's boundaries.

We strive for a culture where workplace injuries and illnesses are prevented, where people drive safety by leading by example, and where everyone plays a part in building a safe and healthy working environment.

Safety is deep in our DNA. Our safety culture is based on the principle that there is no work so urgent or important that it cannot be done safely. Our target is to create and maintain a culture where everyone takes responsibility for safety and embraces the mindset “If you see it, Own it!” This mindset is based on a principle that anyone who sees a deviation in safety, must challenge the situation, stop the unsafe action, rectify or remove the hazard, and finally, report it through our HSE reporting tool for proper corrective measures to be taken. We should never walk by when seeing a safety issue.

Our global safety work is built with three focus areas: Life-Saving Behaviors, Global HSE standards and Certified Management Systems. We want to enhance our safety culture continuously. 

• The Life-Saving Behaviors is a collection of behavioral requirements, grouped around the main hazards and risks in our operations, both in the factories and at our customer sites. They are the expectations around the way we work.
• We continued having our operations certified according to ISO 45001 and management system standards. A total of 69 percent of all manufacturing units were certified against the ISO 45001 standards at the end of 2022.

Safety is vital in everything we do, and prioritizing it in all areas of our activities gives us a competitive advantage. We provide our customers with services and equipment that enable them to work efficiently and safely throughout the product’s life span. Safety in in the core of who we are.