ASSP Gulf Coast North Section Meeting

Topic New ANSI A92 Standards for Aerial Work Platforms, Boom Lifts and Scissor Lifts

Speaker Jeff Stachowiak, National Safety Training Director for Sunbelt Rentals

Jeff was the National Safety Director and Director of Access Safety Training for Sunbelt from 2000 to 2008. Prior to Sunbelt, Jeff was Director of Marketing and Safety for BPS Equipment Rental and Sales for 9 years handling workers comp, auto and liability claims and producing all the advertising and marketing materials for the company. Jeff started in the rental business in 1986 with Florida Contractor Rentals and Sales in Fort Myers, Florida which took over Saf-T-Green Scaffolding in 1991.

Jeff is a past executive board member and vice president of the Scaffold and Access Industry Association and is a member of the ANSI A92 committee for Aerial Work Platforms, the ANSI/ITSDF B56.6 Rough Terrain Forklift committee, ISO TC 214 committee for MEWP’s, ISO TC110 committee for Rough Terrain Forklifts and the UL Fabricated Scaffold Planks and Stages committee. Jeff specializes in aerial lift (MEWP) safety, forklift safety and scaffold safety as well as OSHA and MSHA regulations and OSHA citations.

Jeff has written articles for American Rental Assoc. Magazine, Occupational Hazards magazine, Access International magazine, RER magazine, Equipment World magazine, Lift Equipment magazine, the SAIA newsletter and Lift and Access.