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Biggest Idiots on Ladder announced
The UK's Ladder Association’s 2013 Idiots on Ladders Facebook competition has provided a clear winner, it says, with a photo of two men showing a dangerous misuse of ladders.
PASMA training breaks records
2013 saw the UK’s Prefabricated Access Suppliers & Manufacturers Association (PASMA) train more than 63000 people to work at height safely.
Record year for IPAF training centres
IPAF-certified training was provided to 112,887 people in 2013, a 12.8% increase on 2012.
IPAF announces north west meeting
SpanSet is to host the IPAF North West regional meeting on 30 January 2014 in Knutsford, Cheshire.
AFI nets FORS silver accreditation
UK rental company moves from bronze to silver accreditation in the Fleet Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS)
IPAF takes safety campaign to Singapore
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has launched its first industry-led safety campaign in Singapore.
New guarding options from Skyjack
Skyjack has launched two secondary guarding options, which can be fitted to its new products or retrofitted to existing fleet manufactured in 2006 or after.
Spider carries out training at nuclear plant
Spider, a division of SafeWorks, recently conducted customized Competent Person Training and User Training workshops for nearly 100 workers to prepare them for work on a new nuclear plant in Georgia.
IPAF launches Smart PAL Card
The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) has launched a machine-readable Smart PAL Card (Powered Access Licence) for use in operating mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) on site.
PASMA Tower Week proves a success
The UK’s Prefabricated Access Suppliers & Manufacturers Association (PASMA) provided a week of online training, guidance and best practice with its inaugural PASMA Tower Week.
AFI’s SanctuaryZone wins health and safety award
UK powered access provider AFI has won the Innovation of the Year Award in the SHP IOSH Awards for its SanctuaryZone anti-entrapment device.
JLG wins e-learning award
JLG Industries has won the SolutionFest Best Mobile Solution award from The eLearning Guild for its Introduction to JLG Scissor Lifts course.
IPAF makes North American gains
Haulotte and Hydro Mobile have joined the International Powered Access Federation to provide training.
Trico Lift execs offer industry training
Executives from Trico Lift recently provided hands-on training on aerial work platform safety as part of a one-day Fall Prevention seminar hosted by Madison Risk Group (MRG) at the FallProof Systems headquarters in Trenton, New Jersey.
IPAF prepares to show and tell at BICES
IPAF is to run ‘show and tell’ demonstrations at BICES, demonstrating how MEWPs can make working at height safe and productive.
DH Glabe launches online OSHA training program
US scaffolding and fall protection training specialist DH Glabe & Associates is launching a new online Supported Scaffold User Training program.
Nationwide kicks off Lavendon health and safety drive
Lavendon Group is promoting health and safety with a number of events across its international territories, starting with Nationwide Platforms in the UK this week.
Safway develops new personal fall limiter
Access and scaffolding company Safway, working with safety equipment manufacturer Honeywell, has introduced a new, lightweight version of the Miller TurboLite Personal Fall Limiter (PFL).
OSHA/SAIA alliance provides AWP tip sheet
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Scaffold & Access Industry Association (SAIA) have come together to create five new tip sheets on safety at work using aerial work platform (AWP) equipment.
Hewden receives fifth health and safety 'gold'
UK plant hire firm achieves gold in the 2013 Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) Occupational Health and Safety Awards. The accolade makes Hewden the first plant rental company to achieve gold for five years in a row.
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