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BEST EVER ACCIDENT STATISTICS FOR IRATA

The long-awaited report for 2006 is in and is full of good news and much praise from the independent compiler. The incident rate of 0.22 for reportable incidents and 2.77 for all incidents show continuing improvement and evidence of safe working that others in our sector cannot provide. There were ony 9 'dangerous occurences' worldwide in the whole year, 21 non-reportable incidents and one RIDDOR incident on ropes. Amonst the comments of the auditor are:

'the risks to safety from working from ropes is well controlled and IRATA members should be well satified with the figures.'

'(These figures) reflect the continuing effectiveness of the IRATA system'

The report will be made available to members shortly.

IRATA at 20!

2008 will see the twentieth year of operation within the work-at-height industry for the Association. The first formal meeting of IRATA was held in 1988 so in twenty years on there will be various events and actions to mark the anniversary. The IRATA annual accident statistics report for 2007 has shown that, for the second year, in excess of two million hours were worked by IRATA member companies on ropes last year; the same amount that were undertaken in the first six years of the Association

IRATA at the Work-at-Height Exhibition - April 2008

This event has been cancelled by the organisers.

IRATA at the Safety and Health Expo - May 2009

The Association will manage and participate in the Access Industry Forum's Access Theatre at this event. Member Associations from the AIF, including IRATA, will take turns to offer illustrated presentations throughout the three days of the event that runs from 13-15th. This will be in the same week as our General Meeting at the nearby Arden Hotel
IRATA Membership

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Membership benefits include association with:

the only global trade body in rope access
the unrivalled safe working statistics of IRATA
the certificate that verifies your right to train and/or operate to the IRATA Guidelines
the access to the broad knowledge contained within the organisation

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