Despite advances in safety for construction workers across a variety of settings, those who must use elevating work platforms (MEWPs) and aerial work platforms (AWPs) to perform their job duties remain at risk.
According to the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF), 68 workers died in 2015 while operating or working on a MEWP. Most of the reported fatalities resulted from falls, electrocution, entrapment, and overturned platforms. The results are calculated on a worldwide basis, based on self-reporting from manufacturers, rental companies, contractors, and individual MEWP and AWP users.