Dear Colorado ACCT Members, Friday, June 21, 2019, you may have received a Colorado Immediate Shutdown Bulletin addressing Giant Swings and similar activities. It is understandable that camp managers or other youth-serving organizations may be concerned this bulletin affects their operation. This... Continue Reading
Immediate Shut Down Notification in the State of Colorado Please see the notice below which was released by the State of Colorado Amusement Rides and Devices Program on Friday, January 5th 2018. The accident occurred at a recreation facility, but the devices in question are used throughout the... Continue Reading
The purpose of this notice is to reinforce the following points below concerning Yoke N621/ N623 cable grabs: · importance of providing instructions to end users N621 / N623 are shipped to you with instructions · reinforce proper use of n621 / n623 max 9" (225 mm)... Continue Reading
Please see advisory submitted to ACCT 9/1/2015 directly from Head Rush. Headrush_QUICKjump_Advisory.pdf Continue Reading
ADVISORY NOTICE FOR ZIP LINE LANDING AREA PLATFORMS from the ACCT Design, Performance, and Inspection Standards Committee Two recent incidents have brought to our attention that employees working in zip line landing areas and on... Continue Reading
ADVISORY NOTICE FOR DUAL LEG LANYARDS from the ACCT Design, Performance, and Inspection Standards Committee A recent incident has brought to our attention that dual leg lanyards used in Personal Safety Systems common in our industry can expose users to the risk of unrecoverable entrapment of... Continue Reading
Original PDF MSA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO DISCONTINUE REDPOINT DESCENDERMSA issued a stop use notice on October 14, 2009 and an update on November3, 2009. MSA has now stated that they will discontinue the Redpoint Descender.MSA is in the process of developing a reimbursement program for... Continue Reading
Update: Product Discontinued Original PDF Stop Use NoticeRedpoint™ and Auto-Belay DescendersOctober 14, 2009MSA very recently became aware of two incidents where climbers using RedpointDescenders experienced rapid rates of descent resulting in injuries. Our preliminaryinvestigation... Continue Reading
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 29, 2008 Release #08-346 Firm's Recall Hotline: (866) 617-9038 CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772 CPSC Media Contact: (301) 504-7908 New England... Continue Reading
What class of pole is required for use in supporting high elements and towers? Are thimbles required by ACCT when connecting cables to eyebolts? What is responsible for the greatest amount of fatigue on a course installed in trees? What is the primary reason for proper spacing... Continue Reading
