Planning is critical to use a MEWP safely at height. By including rescue planning and the appropriate methods to recover personnel if necessary, this potentially life-saving action can be properly ...

Mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) users vary greatly from the one-time user to the daily user. The one thing in common is the need for the MEWP user to have a safe-use program in place to ...

The best rescue is a self rescue. In the absence of that, trained workers on site that can effect a rescue of an MEWP occupant will probably be the most effective rescue.

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) 2025 Global Safety Campaign focuses on the consequences of mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) overturns. These incidents can result in operators ...

An analysis of the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) reporting of MEWP incidents in the U.S. shows a 47% increase in fatalities since the standards were implemented. From 2015-2019, the ...

A guide to the hire and use of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWP), which includes boom-type ‘cherry pickers’ and scissor lifts.

MEWP Maintenance To Be Carried Out By A Smaller Pool Of Inspectors With Proposed H&S Regulations Monday, 17 July 2023, 2:50 pm Press Release: Elevating Work Platform Association of New Zealand ...

A new concise safety document entitled ‘Rescue of Persons from MEWPs’ is now freely available. Published by the Strategic Forum Plant Safety Group (SFPSG), the 10-page publication provides guidance to ...