IRATA issues Safety Notices on a regular basis, produced by IRATA Health and Safety Committee, to keep members and technicians abreast of issues of which they should be aware which have arisen out of incident reporting or feedback from members themselves.
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Falling or Dropped Objects
16/05/2017
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16/05/2017
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Eye protection
16/05/2017
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16/05/2017
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Rope Access Main Rope Failure
21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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Fall from height: Aid Climbing
21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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Fall from height - Major injury
21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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Working in a bunker - Dangerous occurence
21/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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27/11/2017
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21/11/2017
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Use of telehandler as an anchor
02/03/2018
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02/03/2018
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02/03/2018
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02/03/2018
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Powered Ascenders: The Hazards
13/12/2018
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13/12/2018
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13/12/2018
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13/12/2018
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Observations on a rope access incident reported issued by the Australian Rope Access Association
01/08/2008
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Periodic examination of fall protection systems for work at height horizontal, flexible anchor lines - EN705 Class 'C'
01/08/2008
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Grit blasting incident
01/10/2008
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Window cleaning incident - Falling person
01/10/2008
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Safety Bulletin 5_HS-135ENG
01/10/2008
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Cow's tail incident
01/11/2008
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Dangerous knots
01/08/2008
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Rock stabilisation incident
01/08/2009
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Snagged rope incident - Fallen person
01/08/2009
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Severed working line
01/11/2009
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Descender incident – Failure to check catch on side plate.
01/12/2009
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22/03/2010
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Manriding incident - Connector failure
26/10/2010
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Hot-Work incidents
26/10/2010
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No knots in end of rope - Problem with ASSOW in risk assessments
28/01/2011
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Abseil incident – Operator error
31/01/2011
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Near miss – Failure of anchor lines
18/02/2011
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Anchor slings slipped on anchor
10/06/2011
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Rope melted by heat from a lamp
26/07/2011
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Catastrophic failure of ropes rigged over an edge
28/07/2011
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Alert - Pre use checking of equipment
29/06/2012
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Out of control abseil
01/11/2012
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Rope failure caused by unauthorised lift
01/09/2014
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Rope melted by cyclic piperwork
01/09/2014
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Dropped objects
07/03/2014
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Unauthorised persons tampering with rope access equipment
07/03/2014
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Hazard identification
07/03/2014
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Procedures not followed
07/03/2014
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Strains
07/03/2014
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Fall from height
12/11/2014
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Fall from height
12/11/2014
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Dropped objects
12/11/2014
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Trade specific tasks and risk assessment
12/11/2014
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Rope caught by moving elevator
12/11/2014
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Entanglement
05/02/2015
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Fall from height
27/11/2018
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Dropped objects
04/08/2015
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Adverse inclement weather
04/08/2015
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