{"id":14438,"date":"2025-04-07T01:07:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T01:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=14438"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:10:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T15:10:29","slug":"ipaf-global-safety-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/ipaf-global-safety-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"IPAF Global Safety Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent IPAF Summit, the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) announced the launch of its Global Safety Campaign for 2025, titled &#8216;Stop Overturns \u2013 Safety Starts on the Ground!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Using data from their global Accident Reporting Portal, IPAF\u2019s annual safety campaign highlights an important message for those in the powered access industry. This year\u2019s campaign aims to raise awareness that mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) overturn situations do cause serious and fatal incidents, they can often lead to ejection from the platform of the operator and occupants, and lead to complex rescue scenarios for those trapped at height during a partial overturn.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Brian Parker, Head of Safety &amp; Technical at IPAF and Alana Paterson, Head of Health, Safety &amp; Environment at Taylor Woodrow &amp; Chair of the IPAF International Safety Committee, the campaign emphasises when overturns occur, the hazards and risks \u2013 from injuries and fatalities to disruption of worksite and psychological impact \u2013 along with ways to manage and minimise the risks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14439\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14439\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stop-Overturns-Website-header_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stop-Overturns-Website-header_1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stop-Overturns-Website-header_1-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stop-Overturns-Website-header_1-400x222.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stop-Overturns-Website-header_1-440x244.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stop-Overturns-Website-header_1-650x361.png 650w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stop-Overturns-Website-header_1-585x325.png 585w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Stop-Overturns-Website-header_1-684x380.png 684w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IPAF has launched its Global Safety Campaign for 2025, titled \u2018Stop Overturns \u2013 Safety Starts on the Ground!\u2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>The latest statistics informing this year\u2019s campaign revealed that:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the last decade, 108 fatalities, 64 major injuries, and 25 minor injuries, were reported and attributed to overturns incidents involving MEWPs. 64% of overturns were reported from North America, 18% from Europe, and 22% from Asia.<\/li>\n<li>The occupation most affected was MEWP operators, with a small number from delivery drivers, technicians\/engineers, company staff and the public.<\/li>\n<li>Of these, 108 recorded fatalities 52 were recorded in 2021-2023, and 33% of overturns happened on a 3A mobile scissor, followed by 1B static boom (28%), 3B mobile boom (23%) and 1B static boom (12%).<\/li>\n<li>Fatal overturns increased by 50% from January 2021 to December 2023.<\/li>\n<li>Instability leading to overturn is commonly among the top four industry causes of lost time incidents (LTIs) annually.<\/li>\n<li>MEWP overturns typically occur during setup, travel, or operation on inadequate or unsuitable ground or floor conditions. They can also occur while moving category 3A and 3B MEWPs across unsuitable terrain in either the elevated or stowed positions.<\/li>\n<li>The most common places for incidents to occur are construction premises, public areas, roads and highways, and rental yards.<\/li>\n<li>Non-fatal injury types result in fracture, concussion, bruising, impact pains, and cuts and lacerations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Recognising the global reach of the campaign, IPAF has developed new industry guidance:\u00a0The Assessment of Ground Conditions and Supporting Structures for The Safe Use of MEWPs. It is split into two parts: guidance for MEWP users, with sections on dewatering, suspended floors, and temporary works, and guidance for MEWP operators, focusing on the MEWP travelling on uneven ground, elevated, stowed position, slopes and positioning.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reflecting on the Global Safety Campaign release, IPAF\u2019s Head of Safety &amp; Technical, Brian Parker, commented: &#8220;MEWP overturns continue to be a major cause of serious injuries and fatalities in our industry. With the launch of IPAF\u2019s 2025 Global Safety Campaign \u2013 Stop Overturns: Safety Starts on the Ground! \u2013 we are reinforcing a crucial message: ground conditions matter. By understanding the risks and implementing proper safety measures, we can prevent overturns, protect lives, and create safer work environments worldwide. Let\u2019s work together to make a measurable impact and aim for a measurable decrease in MEWP overturns globally.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As the campaign launches, IPAF urges industry participation, implementation of recommended safety measures, and the reporting of incidents to facilitate ongoing safety improvements. Together, we can prevent and reduce overturns incidents and safeguard the well-being of operators and platform occupants in MEWPs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent IPAF Summit, the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) announced the launch of its Global Safety Campaign for 2025, titled &#8216;Stop Overturns \u2013 Safety Starts on the Ground!&#8217; Using data from their global Accident Reporting Portal, IPAF\u2019s annual safety campaign highlights an important message for those in the powered access industry. This year\u2019s&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/ipaf-global-safety-campaign\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[12093,45,12094,1785,240,12095],"class_list":["post-14438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-accident-reporting-portal","tag-ipaf","tag-ipaf-mewp","tag-mewp","tag-mewps","tag-stop-overturns-safety-starts-on-the-ground"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IPAF Global Safety Campaign - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/ipaf-global-safety-campaign\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IPAF Global Safety Campaign - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At the recent IPAF Summit, the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) announced the launch of its Global Safety Campaign for 2025, titled &#8216;Stop Overturns \u2013 Safety Starts on the Ground!&#8217; Using data from their global Accident Reporting Portal, IPAF\u2019s annual safety campaign highlights an important message for those in the powered access industry. 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