Jim Maddux, OSHA Directorate
of Construction, will speak at the
IPAF U.S. Convention that will be
held on October 21-22 in Chicago.
He joins an excellent line-up of
speakers and will discuss the need
to address falls from height and
OSHA’s fall protection campaign
to raise awareness and give
employers guidance on the need to
address this hazard.
Other top speakers include Brad
Boehler, president of Skyjack, who
will discuss AWP risk assessment
and product selection, and former
JLG president Craig Paylor of
SmartEquip, who will examine how
technology can assist companies
in being more efficient, productive
and profitable.
There will be a panel discussion
on the subject of egress from
an elevated AWP, and breakout
sessions on AWPs and MCWPs.
Ron Pilla from Valcourt will
share his experience in training
employees in a manner that they
understand, and Teresa Kee
from NES Rentals will outline the
company’s experience of using
eLearning to conduct AWP operator
training.
The Convention is sponsored by
NES Rentals (diamond sponsor),
Skyjack (diamond sponsor) and
JLG (gold sponsor). It will take
place at the Renaissance Chicago
O’Hare Suites Hotel. IPAF has
agreed a special room rate of $129
per night. To get this rate, call 800-
468-3571 before September 30.
NES Rentals is offering the AWPs
for Managers training course
on the afternoon of October 22,
immediately after the close of the
Convention. The course will be held
at the NES offices, right next door
to the convention hotel.
For more on Maddux and the
IPAF Convention, see our interview
in this issue.
“Early bird” convention rates are
available until October 2. Book now
at
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Maddux of OSHA to
address IPAF U.S.
Convention
Elevating Safety
, IPAF’s annual magazine dedicated to
promoting aerial lift safety in the US market, is now available.
This issue features a debate on entering and exiting AWPs at height,
an article by OSHA’s Jim Maddux on OSHA’s Fall Prevention Campaign
and a look at how equipment owners can benefit from the Tier 4 engine
regulations.
Elevating Safety
can be downloaded at the Publications section of
Free printed copies can be requested from
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Should you be
working outside
the basket?
AWPT eLearning module
available in Spanish
The AWPT eLearning module, which is part of the aerial work platform
(AWP) operator course managed in the U.S. and Canada by IPAF’s North
American subsidiary American Work Platform Training (AWPT), is now
available in Spanish.
The AWPT operator course is already in Spanish, fulfilling IPAF’s
commitment to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) to provide training material to “vulnerable workers” in the US who
are not proficient in English and who may be at risk of not being properly
trained for safe work at height.
In April, the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics released
new data from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries about workers
killed on the job in 2011. The OSHA release said that: “Fatal work injuries
involving contractors accounted for 542 – or 12 percent - of the 4,693
fatal work injuries reported. Hispanic/Latino contractors accounted for
28 percent of fatal work injuries among contractors, well above their 16
percent share of the overall fatal work injury total for the year.”
IPAF will continue to work with OSHA on ways to improve safety by
providing workers with AWP operator training in a language and in a way
that they can understand.
Jim Maddux, Director, OSHA
Directorate of Construction, will
discuss OSHA’s fall protection
campaign at the IPAF US
Convention in October.
Spanish-speaking workers can take the AWPT eLearning module in a
language they are familiar with, as part of the AWPT operator course.
Tony Groat to chair Canadian
Standards Task Force
Tony Groat, IPAF USA, represented the Federation at the Canadian Standards
Association (CSA) meetings at the end of June regarding the development
of updated standards for AWPs and MCWPs. About 15 representatives were
present and small task groups were created.
It was agreed the Canadian CSA standards will adopt the international ISO
standard format and consolidate the AWP standards into design, safe use
and training, thus following the approach of the American ANSI standards.
The CSA MCWP standard will also use the ISO standard format as the
foundation and a transport platform standard will be introduced.
Groat was nominated to serve as the vice-chair for the B354 technical
committee. He was also elected task force chair for the development of the
AWP safe and training standards, and is a member of the design standard
team.
IPAF NEWS
42
ACCESS, LIFT & HANDLERS
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 2013
