The webinar introduces IPAF’s new online report for accessing this year’s safety data. The new format is digital-only and enables users to navigate and filter using an interactive screen.

This latest data focuses on fatal and major incidents with the ability to segment by industry sector, country and location, and which machine categories were involved. The data can illustrate emerging patterns and trends and enables comparison with 2023’s data against medium and long-term data, thus highlighting safety and training needs within the industry.

The webinar also outlines IPAF’s current targeted global safety campaign – Crushing Can Kill!  – which raises awareness of the hazards of entrapment in MEWPs and how to work safely; IPAF’s annual safety campaigns are informed by data received via the IPAF accident reporting portal and shows the importance of reporting accidents and near-misses which can be anonymous.    

Guest speakers, Rob Cavaleri and Alana Paterson also present, giving their commentary on the value of the new dashboard and how they use its data to ensure safety and sustainability in their industry roles. 

Speakers: 

	Brian Parker Head of Safety & Technical, IPAF	Brian Parker has worked in the powered access industry for over 25 years, formerly working for IPAF Member AFI-Uplift. Previous to that he served in the UK Forces - Royal Engineers for 8 years.
	Rob Cavaleri, Vice Chair of the IPAF International Safety Committee & Compliance Manager, Manlift Middle East	Rob has over 38 years of experience in the access industry, including in Australia, the US, Europe, India and the Middle East. He joined the access industry in 1985 beginning with aluminium towers and light swinging stages, followed by telescopic handlers, Mobile Elevating Work Platforms (MEWPs) and power generators. Rob’s efforts are predominantly around continuous improvement in rental, sales, operations, technical, and training for the Manlift Riwal Group.
	Alana Paterson Chair of the IPAF International Safety Committee and Head of Health, Safety & Environment at Taylor Woodrow	Alana had almost 20 years’ experience in construction health and safety prior to joining the access industry in August 2020 with Nationwide Platforms. She has worked for some of the UK’s Tier-1 Principal Contractors on major projects throughout the country. Safe working at height, including safe use of MEWPs is something that Alana has been passionate about for many years due to her experience working in the construction industry. Alana is the Vice Chair of IPAF’s International Safety Committee, is a member of IPAF’s UK Country Council and the IPAF Rental + Committee, actively contributing to a number of IPAF’s working groups, and is on the panel responsible for revising the BS 8460 Safe Use of MEWPs.