MECHANICAL FAILURE ON LORRY MOUNTED CHERRYPICKER
Posted on 26th December 2011
Cracks undetected by failure to implement thorough examination requirements
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MAJOR HIGHWAYS MAINTENANCE FIRMS PROSECUTED
Posted on 1st December 2011
Fatal fall from ‘cherry picker’ caused by lack of checks and maintenance
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MAJOR CONTRACTOR TAKES DECISIVE ACTON ON MEWP SAFETY
Posted on 10th November 2011
Skanska to ban boom type MEWPS not fitted with added anti-crush protection
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INDUSTRY ISSUES NEW GUIDANCE ON MEWP STABILITY
Posted on 16th September 2011
IPAF launch campaign on use of spreader plates with MEWP outriggers
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FATALITY: DEMOLITION DEATH INVOLVING MEWP
Posted on 10th August 2011
Demo workman using cherry picker crushed against steel structure
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MEWPS COME UNDER HSE SPOTLIGHT IN 2011/12
Posted on 3rd May 2011
HSE to promote take up of industry mobile elevating platform entrapment code
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OVERHEAD CRANE CAUSED CHERRY PICKER INCIDENT
Posted on 20th January 2011
Steel firm prosecuted after workman fell when crane struck MEWP
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HSE ISSUES WARNING AFTER SCISSOR LIFT DEATHS
Posted on 5th January 2011
Five deaths in three separate MEWP incidents prompts Safety Alert
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UNSAFE DISMANTLING OF STEEL FRAMED BUILDING
Posted on 28th September 2010
Workmen stepped out of cherry-picker provided for safe access to job
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MEWP INCIDENT ON MAJOR AUSTRALIAN TOWER PROJECT
Posted on 25th August 2010
Workman critical after apparent MEWP trapping incident on Brisbane site
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HSE SAFETY NOTICE: AVOIDING MEWP CRUSHING/TRAPPING
Posted on 16th July 2010
Warning to MEWP suppliers and users as new industry guidance published
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NEW INDUSTRY GUIDANCE PUBLISHED ON MEWP SAFETY
Posted on 16th July 2010
Guidance aims to reduce the risk of MEWP trapping and crushing injuries
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FATALITY AT MAJOR CONTRACTOR SITE
Posted on 4th July 2010
Sub-contractor dies in suspected mobile elevating work platform incident
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CHERRYPICKER OPERATOR ELECTROCUTED
Posted on 27th May 2010
Workman dies during construction of ‘large shed’ on farm
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FATAL FALL CAUSED BY UNSTABLE CHERRYPICKER
Posted on 25th March 2010
MEWP overturned during lighting erection on Manchester memorial
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MOBILE ELEVATING PLATFORM OVERTURN
Posted on 3rd February 2010
MEWP toppled as concealed manhole cover failed under load
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OPERATOR TRAPPED BY SCISSOR LIFT
Posted on 11th December 2009
Mobile elevating platform incident leaves operator “fighting for life”
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MEWP OVERTURN FATALITY IN USA
Posted on 11th November 2009
Fatal incident in Kansas highlights caution required with MEWPS
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ONLINE CRANE OPERATOR TRAINING
Posted on 8th October 2009
Provider offers online training for crane and MEWP operators
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HSE ISSUES SCISSOR LIFT SAFETY ALERT
Posted on 25th September 2009
Regulator warns of potential structural failures on specific lifts
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RESEARCH PROVIDES A LIFT FOR MEWPS
Posted on 18th September 2009
Study shows mobile elevating platforms are safe and effective
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ROOF FALL DEATH DURING DEMOLITION
Posted on 1st September 2009
Migrant worker falls through roof on Aberdeenshire demolition site
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MEWP FAILURE REQUIRES RESCUE
Posted on 13th July 2009
Cherrypicker collapses during inspection of underside of bridge
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INDUSTRY BODIES ISSUE MEWP WARNING
Posted on 25th June 2009
Powered access users warned on work in confined overhead areas
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CONSTRUCTION PLANT-HIRE ASSOCIATION
Posted on 6th April 2009
Relaunched CPA website includes free plant safety guides
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Posted in CRANES MOBILE, CRANES TOWER, DUMPERS, EXCAVATORS, MEWPS, MOBILE PLANT, PILING, TELEHANDLERS
FATALITY ON MAJOR LONDON PROJECT
Posted on 25th March 2009
Workman thought to have died in MEWP incident
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PLANT SAFETY INCIDENTS
Posted on 12th February 2009
Plant related incidents top the construction safety agenda
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FATAL CHERRY PICKER INCIDENT
Posted on 5th February 2009
Man crushed whilst using mobile elevating platform
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PROSECUTION FALL FROM MEWP
Posted on 27th December 2008
Mobile elevating platform hit by passing lorry
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FALL FROM HEIGHT PROSECUTION
Posted on 7th October 2008
Contractor prosecuted for allowing unsafe industrial roofwork
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