Forston Mausoleum Lifts – Safety Upgrades
Safety Meets Innovation in the Cemetery Industry
We’ve just delivered two upgraded Forston Mausoleum Lifts – designed in the USA, engineered and enhanced by Austeng to meet Australian standards. 💡
These lifts are setting a new benchmark for safe, respectful mausoleum operations.
🔧 How Austeng enhanced the lifts:
✅ Rewiring and programming to meet Australia’s rigorous safety standards
✅ Tilt sensing to prevent unsafe operation on uneven ground
✅Pressure transducer to avoid overloading
✅Dellar shutter handling module with remotely actuated arms and secure shutter supports
✅Crypt access platform and guards for safe access during crypt cleaning
✅Lanyard anchor points for added fall protection • Modular safety components – easy to install and remove
💬 The Forston Mausoleum Lift is just one of many safety-driven initiatives Austeng offers in the cemetery industry.
Visit our website to explore more cemetery safety products or enquire about custom solutions tailored to your needs:
The Southern Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust (Victoria) enhanced the Forston Lift with the development of the Dellar Shutter Handling Device to further reduce the risk of manual handling of heavy mausoleum shutters. The device integrates with the Forston Lift and uses remote controlled electric actuated shutter handling arms with integrated locks to make removal and fitment of a shutter and safe, no lift operation.
The concept resulted in SMCT becoming a top 3 finalist result at the 2018 WorkSafe Awards in the Best Solution to a Manual Handling Issue category.
Austeng worked with SMCT to refine the prototype design, provide engineering certification and manufactures and installs the Dellar Shutter Handling Device under agreement with SMCT.
Austeng has developed additional task specific safety upgrades for the Forston Lift including:
- Certified fall arrest lanyard anchor points
- Supplementary guard railing and access platform for crypt access
- Self-locking shutter clamps
