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Posted By colinfinnigan
Hi There can anyone please point me in the correct direction?
We have been talking about lifting a casualty up to a Helideck by crane from the deck of the ship.
However I cannot find the relevent regulations, if there are any, that allows the lifting of a casualty, attended or unattended by crane.
We have on board recognised and approved winching stretchers and harnesses.
Can any one with relevent info, please point me in the right direction.
Kind regards
Colin
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Posted By Dave Merchant
LOLER would apply (assuming you're working in the UK or territorial water thereof), and it's perfectly happy with lifting a human provided there are adequate levels of safety. LOLER doesn't distinguish at all between emergency/rescue lifting and planned lifting, but clearly you don't want to treat the crane as a permanent man-rider and inspect it every day just on the off-chance. Instead, you would use the "enhanced degree of safety" argument, by using a crane where the SWL is vastly higher than a bodyweight, and which has a positive capture design with a brake (i.e. not a capstan). If the crane is in any way dubious on the day, it's a simple process to fix a second safety rope to the casualty, belayed from above (and offshore it makes sense to do that anyway, as it helps tag-line the casualty on arrival).
The only other thing, of course, is you can't use an open hook!
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Posted By A Campbell
Colin,
We carried out plenty of exercises of lifting stretchers around the installation and on/off supply or standby vessels.
The only problem was casualty confidence, especially with the basket stretcher.
Regular exercises will bring in confidence (use a man overboard dummy though!) and also a good reminder of how to use the lifting equipment, crane op practice also, instead of waiting for the time it will be needed in anger!
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Posted By colinfinnigan
Thanks very much for that guys, it was a worry as we were not sure it would be legal, and would have to relocate the hospital instead.
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