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Wheel Nut Torque Setting and Inspections
Following a recent incident where a wheel ‘fell off’ a scissor lift during use and fortunately, there were no injuries, The EWPA has issued this safety bulletin. Read the full Safety Bulletin on Whee…

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Safety Bulletin - Safe Use of MEWPs Fitted with Deck Extensions
The EWPA has recently become aware of a fatality overseas where an operator was ejected from a scissor lift MEWP after the extended, deck extension was caught on a protruding structure during a loweri…

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EWPA Incident Reporting Portal Data for Feb 2025
It has been 4 months since we launched the Incident Reporting Portal on the EWPA Website – Incident Reporting Portal. We are pleased to see reports coming in from users, owners and technicians regardi…

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Health and Safety Work Reform
This has been coming for some time now and was expected to be released with some big changes in how we deal with plant and equipment. I have made mention previously about the plant and structures reg…

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