Panel Lifter News Today

As we reported last week, the National Railroad Construction and Maintenance Association (NRC) and Railway Engineering-Maintenance Suppliers Association was held in Boca Raton, Fla. from Jan. 4 – 7.

HARRISBURG – The manufacturer of a vacuum panel denies it is responsible for the injuries suffered by a construction worker in Northeastern Pennsylvania, when he was hit with a falling metal panel from a vacuum panel lifter on his job site. Greg Ristenbatt of Palmyra initially filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on Sept. 9 versus Western Glass Supply, Inc. of Denver, Colo. and Wood’s Powr-Grip Co., Inc. of Laurel, Mont. “Mr. Ristenbatt was an empl...