New cab makes major contribution to site safety.
If someone had told me at the beginning of the week that an excavator cab would be the most exciting item on display at the inaugural Plantworx exhibition, I would have (a) laughed in their face, (b) cancelled my travel to Warwickshire, and (c) written a lengthy comment article on the lamentable state of innovation in the construction and demolition equipment industry.
But the Step Safe Cab – the result of a joint venture between Volvo Construction Equipment Great Britain and arch innovators Kocurek – managed to pull off the ultimate trick in innovation – It made you wonder why no-one had thought of it before.
Quite simply, the Step Safe Cab takes the concept of the elevating cab and brings it down a level, dropping the cab down to the cab for easier ingress and egress and, thereby, eliminating the slip and trip hazards associated with steps and ladders.
Make no mistake, this is a major step forward for the health and safety of the industry. Moreover, it is an innovation that could easily allow disabled operators to carry on working or return to work.
Check out the following video from our buddies at Diggers And Dozers.
