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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 world. We are an international training organisation and our service is fully IRATA compliant
Sectors which see safety benefits and savings include; Oil & Gas Power generation, Petrochemical, and Civils works
| 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 |
n.b. the figures are for work on rope and does
not include office work or other non rope access time
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FURTHER IRATA ACCIDENT RETURNS SYNOPSIS |
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"There is ample evidence that the majority of accidents and incidents occur during normal site operations and not whilst working on ropes" M James - independent safety statistics analysist and ex HSE inspector for work at height |
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