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Dangerous Knots For futher information please Click here January 2008 |
| IRATA SAFETY BULLETIN 7 |
How to avoid dropping back-up For futher information please Click here December 2008 |
| IRATA SAFETY BULLETIN 6 |
Cow's Tail Caught For futher information please Click here November 2008 |
| IRATA SAFETY BULLETIN 5 |
Grit Blasting Incident For futher information please Click here October 2008 |
| IRATA SAFETY BULLETIN 4 |
Window Cleaning Incident For futher information please Click here October 2008 |
| IRATA SAFETY BULLETIN 3 |
Grit Blasting Incident For futher information please Click here October 2008 |
| IRATA SAFETY BULLETIN 2 |
PERIODIC EXAMINATION OF FALL PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR WORK AT HEIGHT HORIZONTAL, Flexible Anchor Lines - EN795 Class ‘C’ Please note the news item below prepared by: For further information please Click here August 2008
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| IRATA SAFETY BULLETIN 1 |
Observations on a rope access incident reported issued by the Australian Rope Access Association. August 2008 |
| SHUNT GUIDANCE |
'TESTS ON BACKUP SYSTEMS UNDER RESCUE LOADS TO REPLICATE RISKS ENCOUNTERED DURING ROUTINE TRAINING' were proposed by and carried out with equipment and facilities provided by Spanset Ltd, during an IRATA Assessors Workshop The following advice is given even though the situation described below is highly unlikely to occur SHUNT GUIDANCE WARNING: If there were working rope failure during a two-person rescue, a shunt is likely to slip many metres if used in a regular way (ie. slack back-up lanyard/approx fall factor 1) For users of ALL back-up devises [but particularly shunts] the following advice would be helpful: - It is good practice at all times to minimise slack in the back-up lanyard, but especially during a two-person rescue. Keep the potential fall distance to an absolute minimum by having minimal slack in the back-up lanyard. [January 2008] |