JLG Seatbelt Engagement Option Now Available as Aftermarket Accessory

JLG Industries Inc. now offers its Seatbelt Engagement and Operator Presence option for select JLG telehandlers as an aftermarket accessory available through Online Express.
Sept. 28, 2022

JLG Industries Inc. now offers its Seatbelt Engagement and Operator Presence option for select JLG telehandlers as an aftermarket accessory available through Online Express. This new telehandler retrofit kit includes seatbelt engagement assurance, operator presence functionality, a high visibility orange seatbelt and illustrated instructions for installation.

Features of JLG’s telehandler Seatbelt Engagement and Operator Presence system include:

  • Operator presence feature restricts engine start and hydraulic functions when an operator is not present in the seat
  • Seatbelt engagement feature produces a visible and audible alarm when an operator is seated and unbuckled
  • Orange high-visibility seat belt encourages operator seat belt use

These telehandler features work together to enhance job site safety by using both visual and audible alarms, as well as limiting machine functions.

The Seatbelt Engagement and Operator Presence kit can be field installed on JLG 742, 943, 1043, 1055 and 1255 telehandler models. To order online, visit onlineexpress.jlg.com. For more information on JLG products and services, visit JLG.com

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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.

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