Charlie's Near Misses with Death
Even before Desmond starts having premonitions of the possible downfalls of Charlie, he has had many other close calls.
In "Pilot, Part 1" Charlie is standing perilously close to the turbine just before Gary Troup is sucked into the turbine. In the same episode, just a few minutes later, a piece of flaming wreckage lands right behind Charlie after the wing falls.
In "Pilot, Part 2" Charlie flashes back to the flight, when he hid in the first-class bathroom to escape the crew and take his heroin. He was originally seated at 29C (see Flight 815 seat numbers), and would likely have been sucked out when the Tail section broke off if he had not been in the first-class bathroom when the first turbulence hit. When he exits to find a seat, he apparently takes an empty one in the middle section, avoiding the fate of those in the Front section.
Charlie steps on a large beehive in "House of the Rising Sun".
In "The Moth" Charlie narrowly escapes being trapped in the cave with Jack. Later he reenters the cave to help Jack get out and they are both trapped again. On the brink of running out of oxygen, Charlie finds a way out.
Ethan hangs Charlie from a tree in "All The Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues"; Jack resuscitates him.
Charlie is following Hurley across the suspension bridge in "Numbers" when it breaks. He has to climb up the side of the cliff to avoid falling.
Charlie had a large bag of rocks fall on his head, a trap set by Rousseau, during his trek to rescue Aaron in "Exodus, Part 2".
Charlie was near Eko during Eko's first confrontation with the smoke monster. "The 23rd Psalm".
Charlie almost died twice in the Swan in "Live Together, Die Alone". First, he was in the entrance when the dynamite went off, and he was inside when the fail-safe key was turned.