Tony GroatTony Groat is manager of IPAF North America, member of the ANSI A92 main committee and sub-committees, and vice chair of the CSA B354 technical committee.From the AuthorLifting EquipmentLift Equipment Safety Standards DevelopmentInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)It is critically important that IPAF and its members continue to play a key role in the development of voluntary consensus standards for MEWPs.Lifting EquipmentCompact Lift Safety: Guidance and Best PracticesInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)An overview of compact lifts, their intended applications and best safety practices to operate them.Lifting EquipmentIPAF Offers New Technical GuidanceInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)Tony Groat considers some of the latest resources IPAF is offering to assist industry stakeholders.Lifting EquipmentDo You Have a MEWP-Specific Safe-Use Plan?International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)Mobile elevating work platform (MEWP) users vary greatly from the one-time user to the daily user. The one thing in common is the need for the MEWP user to have a safe-use program in place to ensure the operation is safe for everyone.Lifting EquipmentMEWP Industry Report 2022: The World Outside the Rental MarketInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)A look at the latest in mobile elevating work platforms and where it's going in 2022.RentalPositive Association: SAIA and IPAF Alliance GrowsInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)Alliance, collaboration, and focus on member and industry benefits will see an increase in the activities and events where SAIA and IPAF join forces in the future, leveraging their shared expertise to enhance the safe use of powered access equipment.RentalHow We View COVID-19 in the Rear-view MirrorInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)We are in a new place, never going completely back to where we were. What’s missing is a sense of what behaviors have changed for good and which are likely to revert to pre-pandemic norms.RentalAre Your Workers Trained Hard or Hardly Trained?International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)Elevating Safety spoke to a group of experienced MEWP training and safety professionals from across the industry to provide the following summary of what constitutes quality training and evaluate its importance.RentalANSI Standards and Equipment Trends: A 2021 Outlook for the MEWP IndustryInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)Members of the IPAF North America Council share their thoughts on the general outlook of the MEWP industry.Lifting EquipmentAn Improved Design for MEWPs – Plus Updated Safety and TrainingInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)With existing standards last changed in 2006, the ANSI/SAIA A92 suite of A92.20 design, A92.22 safe use, and A92.24 training standards are introducing the most significant changes since the standard were first published in the 1970s.Lifting EquipmentPowered Access Standards UpdateInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)The year 2020 has been notable for powered access standards, with the ANSI/SAIA suite of standards for mobile elevating work platforms (MEWPs) going into effect.RentalWhy it Took a Global Health Crisis to Empower us to Make the Future Safer for EveryoneInternational Powered Access Federation (IPAF)The coronavirus has cast a long shadow over the world, but amid the uncertainty, we are learning new methods to do business, re-evaluating the old ways of working, and uncovering new opportunities and smarter ways to be safe and effective.Page 1 of 2Next Page
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