Also the most efficient. See article here.

Anyone agree?

It all depends on the application, and therefore the risk assessment.

On a cramped housing estate refurbishment, for instance, a MEWP is rarely the best form of access. The often-derided tube and fittings scaffolding is sometimes the only way forward in such circumstances.

MEWPs can also be dangerous where the ground underfoot is uneven or insecure.

Horses for courses.

Horses for courses - agreed.

And don't get Rockitt started on ladders...

I worked as a Construction Manager for a construction company where they would not use a MEWP if the cost was too much. They put money before safety. I jacked for the same reason. Would rather go back on site than be jailed for killing a fellow worker.

I agree with Fred but at the same time, I agree with TR's comment albeit, I am at a complete loss in understanding how we appear to have lost our ability to access anywhere without the need for so much mindless instructional crap being bandied about?

It appears to me that as soon as I rig up my ladders to go up onto the roof to perhaps re-position my TV aerial, all hell breaks loose, the neighbours ask "is that safe" or "shouldn't you be wearing a harness" then there's the 'numb-nut' with his camera-kit taking my photo, how the hell has this industry ever survived without the legions of so-called 'Safety Experts' that seem to be evolving everywhere nowadays?

Common sense and experience is all that's required.

Ummm an interesting statement.

Total and utter twaddle (i was going to say bollocks but thought i might get banned)

I wonder how they came to this conclusion, think about it.

A scaffolding has no moving parts - a mewp has hundreds.

 Scaffolding provides a much larger working m2 area than a mewp.

 Imagine a fully scaffolded 20 story building - on average there are 50 men on the scaffold at any one time.

There are 4 mewps on the job doing work up to say 16m high with two men in each cage, 8 men.

Providing the mewp does not fall over or the cage levelling system doesnt give up and dump them out of course the 50 men on the scaffolding are going to be involved in more accidents than the 8 men in the mewps.

 Jeez - crap like this is like listening to political spin doctors.

steam boss

 I'm with Steam Boss on this one (in brackets)