Tag: MEWPs
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Combatting common MEWPs and MCWPs accidents
Mark Keily, member and former chair of IPAF’s International Safety Committee, explores the latest safety trends and explains why accident reporting has never been more important. Improving powered access safety is a fundamental priority for IPAF. As part of this commitment, the federation has collected accident data since 2012, providing insights that support the development…
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Electric MEWPs on the Rise
While mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPs) come in many forms, today’s electric scissor lift equipment offerings are changing the game. “In the past, MEWPs were powered by the biggest, most powerful internal combustion (IC) engines an individual equipment model could support,” pointed out Bob Begley, director of product management, scissor lifts, JLG. Begley noted contractors…