Gantry system passes safety challenge

Reid's Porta-Gantry Rapide has been chosen by WEFTEC in the USA as a key component in its annual Safety Operations Challenge where more than 40 safety teams race to recover an unconscious worker overcome by an unknown chemical in a manhole The lightweight, portable PGRapide is capable of multiple configurations depending on the requirement, and is easily and rapidly assembled by one person in just 1min. It has a goods rating of WLL 500kg and personnel lifting/fall arrest capability for three people (yet weighs just 31kg).