In today's fast-paced world, workplace safety is of utmost importance. Regardless of the industry – be it construction or warehouse management – work platforms play a critical role in ensuring the ...

A sweeping set of new standards from the American National Standards Institute, for operators, supervisors and owners of boom and scissor lifts and under-bridge inspection platforms, are now poised to ...

Preliminary fatal injury rate calculations from the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) confirm that mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs, also known as aerial work platforms or AWPs) are ...

Safe Work Australia has released the model Code of Practice: Elevating Work Platforms. The model Code provides practical ...

The global market for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) is experiencing a strategic evolution, as leading manufacturers ...

CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2026 is located in Las Vegas, on March 3-7, 2026. Attendees will be able to find IPAF at booth GL31205 in the ...

Working at heights is an inherently risky activity and, unfortunately, falls from mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) such as scissor or boom lifts occur on an all too frequent basis. Entrapment ...

New regulations that will address the design, safe use, and training requirements for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) are presently being drafted by U.S. and Canadian standards-writing ...

Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun vows swift action and tighter regulation of construction site safety in wake of ...

Labour Department suspends use of such platforms at Victoria Blossom housing project in Kai Tak after worker got trapped between device and wall Hong Kong labour authorities have suspended the use of ...

The use of aerial work platforms is on the rise. In a recent study, the International Platform Access Federation, an industry group, found that AWPs continue to grow as a percentage of rental fleets.