Lessons learned from aerial platform accident statistics

Brian Parker

06 August 2021

Accidents can teach us a lot about how to safely operate powered access equipment, which is why IPAF launched its dedicated reporting portal nearly 10 years ago. Brian Parker, IPAF’s head of safety and technical and its international safety committee, shares the latest findings and outlines some of the lessons to be learned from the latest Global Safety Report.

Looking at the latest data, there were 736 reported incidents in the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020, which involved 768 people. These included 168 incidents causing damage to machine or property, 159 near-misses, 178 minor injuries, 72 major injuries and 172 fatal-injury reports, from 15 different…

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