IPAF NEWS
29
JULY-AUGUST 2013
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INTERNATIONAL
UK: IPAF
Moss End Business Village,
Crooklands, Cumbria LA7 7NU, UK
Tel: +44 (0)15395 66700
Fax : +44 (0)15395 66084
Switzerland: IPAF-Basel
Dufourstrasse 11
CH-4052 Basel, Switzerland
Tel: +41 (0)61 227 9000
Fax: +41 (0)61 227 9009
Germany: IPAF-Deutschland
Grüner Weg 5, D-28790,
Schwanewede, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)421 6260 310
Fax: +49 (0)421 6260 321
Italy: IPAF-Italia
Via Matteotti 40/12,
20020 Arese, Italy
Tel: +39 02 93581873
Fax: +39 02 93581880
France: IPAF-France
BP90093, F-71403
Autun Cedex France
Tel: +33 (0) 683 083 378
Fax: +33 (0) 683 083 378
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Benelux: IPAF-Benelux
Oranjestraat 167,
NL-3295 AS‘s-Gravendeel
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)6 30 421 042
Fax: +31 (0)84 710 0518
Spain: IPAF-España
Edificio Heracles,
Interior Zona Franca,
E-11011 Cadiz, Spain
Tel: +34 (0)956 297 406
Fax: +34 (0)956 290 610
USA: AWPT Inc
225 Placid Drive,
Schenectady, NY 12303
USA
Tel: +1 518-280-2486
Fax: +1 518-689-6800
IPAF appoints auditor and member
IPAF has
appointed Roger
Schaffner as its
new auditor and
member support
representative
for Switzerland,
reflecting
the Federation’s continuing
commitment to improve the
quality of its services and training
programmes.
Roger Schaffner has more than
25 years of experience in rental,
technical operations and safety
training in the powered access
industry. He began his career
in 1986 as a driver/operator for
truck-mounted platforms with
Swiss rental company Maltech. In
2003, he joined WS-Skyworker
as hire desk controller and was
interim branch manager of
the company’s rental depot in
Pratteln near Basel. Schaffner has
been a certified IPAF instructor
since 2008, when he moved to
UP AG Zurich to take up the
post as project manager for truck-
mounted platforms and training
manager. In 2012, Schaffner
qualified as an IPAF senior
instructor and became technical
consultant and training manager
for UP AG Bern.
Roger Schaffner’s new role
with IPAF will start in October
2013 and he will be responsible
for auditing IPAF-approved
training centres throughout
Switzerland and southern
Germany, and for recruiting and
supporting members and training
centres. He will work closely
with the IPAF Swiss Country
Council and Training Working
Group to represent members’
interests at national meetings and
to formulate IPAF’s policies in
Switzerland. He will be based in
IPAF’s Basel office.
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MEWP delivery drivers at risk
T
arget your delivery drivers
for training and safety
initiatives on the safe and
effective use of mobile elevating
work platforms (MEWPs).Watch
out for slips/trips/falls at the
same level and pay attention to
manual handling when working
at height.These were some of
the initial findings following the
commitment by IPAF rental
company members in the UK
to report any known MEWP
accidents involving their staff via
the IPAF accident database.
A total of 303 MEWP-related
incidents were reported by IPAF
UK rental company members
involving their employees and
those of their customers where
they have been made aware of
incidents, from the time the
project was voluntary in January
2012 until the end of April 2013.
Of these incidents, 46.2% (140)
resulted in injury, 43.2% (131)
resulted in damage, and 10.6%
(32) were near misses.
Loading and unloading of
MEWPs is potentially one of the
most dangerous activities, and is
an area that IPAF is focusing on.
About a third of the incidents
involved drivers (34.3%, 104).
Industry sources estimate that
there are approximately one
million movements of MEWPs
(delivery and collection) by road
every year in the UK. Other
incidents involved engineers
(25.1%, 76), customers (22.4%, 68)
and operators (18.2%, 55).
Closer analysis of the 140
incidents resulting in injury
reveals certain patterns.The main
causes of injuries were: slips/trips/
falls at the same level (23.6%,
33), manual handling (16.4%,
23) and use of hand tools (15%,
21). Further down the list were:
stranded in equipment (10%,
14), fall from height (7.1%, 10),
walked/bumped into equipment
(6.4%, 9) and injury while using
the upper controls of a scissor lift
while walking beside the machine,
sometimes referred to as dog
leading (6.4%, 9).
Commenting on the findings,
IPAF technical officer Chris
Wraith said, “With this factual
data, IPAF can do more to create
greater awareness and support
its members in reducing the
frequency and severity of such
incidents.”
To register and report an
accident go to
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accident
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fall from
height
DRIVERS: MAIN CAUSES OF INCIDENTS
slip trip
fall same
level
manual
handling
explosion,
burn,
e-shock
hit by
object
walked
bumped
into
dog
leading
use of
hand tools
