IPAF's Check It! Campaign Reinforces a Message Being Heard Across the Industry
Working at height remains one of the Mineral Products Association's Fatal 6 high-consequence hazards, making it a critical safety priority across quarries, concrete plants and mineral processing operations. That is why IPAF's 2026 Check It! campaign is relevant far beyond the powered access sector.
Focused on inspections, maintenance, defect reporting and pre-use equipment checks, the campaign highlights a simple truth: safe outcomes depend on everyone playing their part.
The message aligns closely with the MPA's Vision Zero strategy, which seeks to eliminate serious injuries and fatalities associated with the Fatal 6 hazards, including Working at Height. By encouraging operators, supervisors and employers to identify defects before equipment is used, Check It! promotes the proactive behaviours needed to reduce risk.
Why It Matters
The campaign's strength lies in its focus on shared responsibility.
Safe work at height doesn't begin when an operator enters a MEWP. It starts with robust maintenance, thorough inspections, effective reporting systems and competent personnel who know what to look for and what action to take when something isn't right.
When those elements work together, risks are identified earlier, equipment remains fit for purpose and workers are better protected.
Supporting Vision Zero
The principles behind Check It! closely mirror those driving the MPA's Vision Zero agenda.
Both recognise that preventing harm requires more than compliance. It requires organisations to create a culture where people are empowered to identify risk, challenge unsafe conditions and learn from one another.
For mineral products businesses, this is particularly important when managing the Fatal 6 hazards:
- Contact with moving machinery and isolation
- Workplace transport and pedestrian interface
- Working at height
- Respirable crystalline silica
- Struck by moving or falling objects
- Road traffic accidents
While Check It! focuses specifically on powered access equipment, its core message applies across all six areas: effective safety management relies on competence, communication and consistent action.
More Than a Campaign
At this year's MPA Health & Safety Awards, where collaboration and shared learning were recurring themes, the industry's commitment to working together to improve standards was evident.
IPAF’s Check It! reinforces that same belief. Small actions, carried out consistently by everyone involved, create safer workplaces and support the industry's collective ambition of ensuring everyone goes home safe and well every day.
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