The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has released a guidance pack focused on the safe use and maintenance of batteries fitted to mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs). 

IPAF has released the third video in its Share Your Story safety series, developed using real-life incident experiences shared by its members.

A coroner has sent a report to IPAF and industry training bodies following the slow rescue of an electrician working at height, who later died in hospital.

A Belfast-based plant hire company has been fined £80,000 after a MEWP toppled off and ejected its operator, seriously injuring them.

A recycling company has been fined £3m after a man died and another was seriously injured while decommissioning a North Sea gas rig.

Nationwide has been fined £900,000 after a man was crushed to death while attempting to move a scissor lift at the company’s workshop in Liskeard, Cornwall, on 4 November 2021.

Willmott Dixon is using new harness-based technology on its construction projects to enhance safety for workers using a boom-type MEWP.

Chris Wraith from Horizon Platforms on the essential health and safety rules to follow when using powered access platforms.

Two major contractors have issued warnings about the health and safety risks caused by operators using construction equipment which they are not familiar with.

The Construction Industry Plant Safety Group (CIPSG) has published free updated safety guidance for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs).

Dazzling sun was a factor in a serious road-rail vehicle collision last year in Essex, but it could have been prevented said investigators.

A free online webinar from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) on Thursday (21 July) will set out the benefits to contractors of selecting a MEWP hire company accredited to the IPAF Rental+ quality assurance standard.

Lifting equipment manufacturer Genie has received a £270,000 fine after the miscalibration of one of its machines led it to fall into the M25, killing an access company employee.

Powered access marketplace provider International Platforms is to sell a refurbished MEWP and donate all proceeds to a construction mental health charity.

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has launched a safety campaign aimed at reducing falls from mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs).

Under Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) regulations, a mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) should undergo a ‘thorough examination’ at least every six months to ensure that equipment is not faulty and doesn’t pose a risk to staff.