InfoLog
Below you can find links to information about incidents, accidents and near misses that have happened in adventure activities or similar, closely related activities. Many of these appeared on the former Adventure Activities Licensing Service (AALS) website as InfoLog entries.
They will be of use to anyone who is interested in adventure activities, as a provider, user, enthusiast, organiser etc. This information is updated from time to time with safety developments and recommendations from within the outdoor community. Often an entry results from specific incidents and our intention is to look at the outcomes and implications of these and not at the incidents themselves.
The entries have been complied by the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority, with the assistance of the AALS as part of its advisory role. Licensing Service inspectors and others may refer to this guidance as illustrating good and up-to-date practice.
Note - not all of the old InfoLog entries have been transferred to this site. Some entries have been removed for various reasons such as being out of date, superseded or replaced by published guidance elsewhere on this site. Items for removal were agreed with AALS.
2009
- Rusted belay stakes
- MSA Redpoint and Auto-Belay Descenders
- Use of sub-contracted providers whilst overseas
- UK Ropes Course Guidance
- European Water Safety Guidance
- Fitting lamp brackets to helmets for caving
- Man overboard during a high-speed turn in a RIB
- Crotch straps on buoyancy aids
2008
2007
2006
- Equipment recall
- Lessons learned when an instructor died whilst preparing a zip wire session
- Lessons learned when rafted canoeing goes wrong
- Grief with gri-gris
2005
2003
2002
2001
2000
- Shelf life of kayak helmets
- Equipment records
- An out of control abseil resulted in serious injuries
- Climbing wall maintenance ended in a serious fall
- A dragon boat capsized during a race training session - one man was drowned
- Medical information on accompanying adults
