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21 August 2025

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Nationwide provides Covid screen for access platform buddies

8 Jun 20 Powered access rental company Nationwide Platforms has developed a clear plastic screen for its truck-mounted platforms that provides a hygiene barrier for two operatives working together.

The SkyShield, as Nationwide Platforms calls it, was developed by its in-house research and development division, BlueSky Solutions, to help reduce the risks of viruses like Covid-19 being transmitted between colleagues working in close proximity.

Workers who would otherwise be unable to maintain a two-metre distance within the confined work platform basket, are now able to safely carry out their tasks at height.

The transparent screen is made from a shatterproof polycarbonate material, weighs less than 15kg and does not affect the machine’s working wind speeds, Nationwide says.

SkyShield is currently available for Nationwide Platforms’ range of truck-mounted platforms with working heights from 22 to 90 metres, with plans to cover the remaining specialist vehicles truck-mounted models in the coming months.

“Ensuring workers maintain two-metre distancing when it comes to using MEWPs can be very challenging – especially when the majority of platform baskets measure less than two metres,â€‌ said Alexis Potter, director of specialist vehicles and tracked booms at Nationwide Platforms, UK subsidiary of France's Loxam Group. “The use of SkyShield when using our truck-mounts is the perfect solution to this problem and once installed the customer is free and, importantly, safe to carry out the job at hand.â€‌

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