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
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Eye protection
218.56KB
382.15KB
Rope Access Main Rope Failure
326.61KB
445.30KB
392.02KB
222.16KB
Fall from height: Aid Climbing
283.78KB
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130.77KB
Fall from height - Major injury
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258.46KB
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Working in a bunker - Dangerous occurence
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157.00KB
Use of telehandler as an anchor
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Powered Ascenders: The Hazards
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Observations on a rope access incident reported issued by the Australian Rope Access Association
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Periodic examination of fall protection systems for work at height horizontal, flexible anchor lines - EN705 Class 'C'
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Grit blasting incident
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Window cleaning incident - Falling person
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Safety Bulletin 5_HS-135ENG
297.12KB
Cow's tail incident
459.86KB
Dangerous knots
74.03KB
Rock stabilisation incident
60.61KB
Snagged rope incident - Fallen person
65.10KB
Severed working line
61.50KB
Descender incident – Failure to check catch on side plate.
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Manriding incident - Connector failure
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Hot-Work incidents
32.38KB
No knots in end of rope - Problem with ASSOW in risk assessments
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Abseil incident – Operator error
180.76KB
Near miss – Failure of anchor lines
327.64KB
Anchor slings slipped on anchor
178.94KB
Rope melted by heat from a lamp
45.14KB
Catastrophic failure of ropes rigged over an edge
59.07KB
Alert - Pre use checking of equipment
93.18KB
Out of control abseil
207.85KB
Rope failure caused by unauthorised lift
212.61KB
Rope melted by cyclic piperwork
172.24KB
Dropped objects
171.06KB
Unauthorised persons tampering with rope access equipment
172.63KB
Hazard identification
173.42KB
Procedures not followed
214.57KB
Strains
313.75KB
Fall from height
191.79KB
Fall from height
245.19KB
Dropped objects
245.18KB
Trade specific tasks and risk assessment
412.57KB
Rope caught by moving elevator
324.50KB
Entanglement
844.87KB
Fall from height
321.25KB
Dropped objects
338.67KB
Adverse inclement weather
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