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IRATA ACCIDENT RETURNS

The worlds leading authority on rope access is IRATA (Industrial Rope Access Trade Association). IRATA has been compiling accident figures for its member companies in industry since 1989. IRATA companies work throughout the USA.

All our companies are fully IRATA compliant

Sectors which see safety benefits and savings include;

Oil & Gas

Power generation

Petrochemical

  Year (figures avail.Since 1989) Hours on ropes (IRATA) annual incident rates for all accidents per 100,000 man hours on rope
2000 887,206 2.7
2001 999,010 5.3
2002 1,225,930 0.98
2003 1,634,482 0.55
TOTALS 10,566,285 2.58

IRATA ACCIDENT RETURNS SYNOPSIS

There is ample evidence that the majority of accidents and incidents occur during normal site operations and not whilst working on ropes

 

 

FURTHER ROPE ACCESS SAFETY INFO

 
     
 

Under the OSHA reporting system figures are usually calculated per 200,000 hours but for all a companies activities, the figures above are represent

we are in a position to service ongoing long term contracts, short term projects and emergency call out work for all types of Nondestructive Examination, maintenance and repair in remote rope access areas.

 
     


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