IPAF North America hosted the Working at Height Conference & Awards on October 15–16, 2025, at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee – bringing together industry leaders from construction, utilities, manufacturing, and equipment rental sectors to share innovations, insights, and best practices for safer and more efficient work at height.
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has released a new safety campaign titled How to Stay Safe on or Near Roadways, aimed at reducing the growing number of vehicle-related incidents involving mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) in the United States.
Hitachi Energy has officially become an IPAF-accredited Training Centre in Sweden, marking a significant milestone for the company and for the wider powered access industry in the region.
Welcome to the 5th edition of IPAF ELEVANDO
Latin America's most important event for professionals in the powered access industry is back stronger than ever.
Un evento social para afiliados, instructores y simpatizantes de IPAF: Seminario de Desarrollo Profesional para Instructores, Ponencias, Cocktail y Cena de Networking
To comply with international and regional safety standards, Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) are fitted with platform and ground controls as well as emergency/auxiliary lowering systems.
Employers and users must develop a documented recovery and rescue plan that is specific to the task, the MEWP being used and the site. The plan should outline the procedures for executing emergency operations required to recover and rescue personnel either from within the platform of the MEWP involved in the incident, or from a suspended position following a fall arrest.
This insightful webinar will introduce and highlight key trends from IPAF’s Global Safety Report 2025 – the second digital edition, in which we analyse the accident data from 2024. Presented in a digital-only format, the report is designed to enhance accessibility for a global audience and align with IPAF's sustainability objectives. It allows users to interact with data, filter and navigate to explore emerging trends and key challenges. The data can be segmented by industry sector, country, location, and the categories of machines involved.
MEWP overturn incidents often result in serious injuries or fatalities. Instability leading to overturn is commonly among the top four causes of lost time incidents (LTIs) annually, according to global data.