IPAF Campaigns

Is your equipment legal and safe to use? Mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) are one of the safest ways to perform temporary work at height. Keep your equipment safe through good maintenance regimes ranging from pre-use checks, to regular thorough examinations as required by law, to major inspections.

Have you planned for the safe delivery of your MEWPs? The loading and unloading of mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs), also known as AWPs, is a potentially risky activity, as findings from the IPAF accident reporting database show. About a third of the accidents recorded by rental companies involve MEWP delivery drivers.

IPAF-approved training centres offer a course on the loading/unloading of MEWPs. Other relevant courses are MEWPs for Managers, Operator and Demonstrator. Please ensure that you have planned for the safe delivery of MEWPs.

IPAF’s ‘Back to Basics’ campaign identifies six recognised potential hazards with Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs), also known as Aerial Work Platforms (AWPs), that must be considered if accidents are to be prevented.