• The U.S. led in a preliminary count of accident fatalities involving workers on various aerial platforms during the first half of this year, with 11 workers killed.
• For the world, the International Powered Access Federation (IPAF)said reports from member companies showed four electrocutions, four instances of machinery overturning, four deaths related to mechanical issues, four in falls from platforms and one entrapment.
• IPAF uses the data to find better ways for workers to be safe when they are deployed at height on projects.

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There were 17 fatal accidents worldwide involving aerial work platforms (AWPs) in the first half of 2012, according to preliminary results of IPAF’s accident database. ...