Falls from height claimed the lives of 31 workers in Great Britain during 2025/26. While this represented an 11% reduction on the previous year, falls from height remained the leading

The Specialist Access Engineering and Maintenance Association (SAEMA), the national trade association representing the permanent and temporary suspended access industry, is warning employers and building managers not to make assumptions

The International Powered Access Federation (IPAF) is celebrating as its Powered Access Industry Trust (PAINT) scheme has raised more than £10,000, thanks to the generosity of IPAF members and supporters

ScaffEx has closed its doors at Manchester Central for another year, and the numbers tell a great story. This was the biggest ScaffEx ever staged, with 35% more visitors through

IPAF’s Global Safety Report 2026 reveals that electrocutions and electric shocks were the top cause of fatalities and major incidents involving powered access in 2025. The findings are based on

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Checking that an operative has a PASMA card before they build a tower is a good start – but is it enough? PASMA is urging everyone responsible for planning, supervising and managing work at height to make one simple check before work begins: make sure the qualification listed on the operative’s PASMA card matches the tower they’re about to build.

IPAF has become an official supporter of the CESAR Scheme, extending the UK’s leading equipment security and registration initiative to powered access equipment and helping raise awareness of theft prevention,