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Posted By prads
Hi all,
Any information regarding the emergency evacuation of Tower Crane operators, in case of sickness to him!
If any of you have a procedure/ equipment needed/ training to be provided etc
Regards,
P
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Posted By Dav
I have seen some products on the market for this and have been to some demonstrations.
The main problems with the solutions that i have seen are the high costs, and the time taken to get the person down. In all likelihood if a person were to have a heart attack (for example) whilst up a crane, by the time the alarm was raised, and the person was down it would probably be too late.
For these reasons my previous company decided that no such rescue measures would be put in place. The risk of someone having an accident or requiring immediate rescue from a crane was so small, that the costs were too high to justify the expense, and far better to spend the money on regular health checks for the operators.
Have a word with your local HSE office though to get their view.
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Posted By Patrick Canning
P & Dav
I was in the same position with a previous employer, with rescue plans, we also went on the side of regular health checks rather than expensive rescue plans, this was after consultation with HESNI.
Patrick
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Posted By prads
What if it is any other illnesses/ injuries other than a cardiac arrest?
P
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Posted By Phil
"if you have special circumstances YOU need to make special arrangements, do not rely on emergency services".
You have a man working in what is effectively a confined space by virtue of its access and eggress. As always, do the RA and mitigate as necessary.
Phil
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Posted By Dave Merchant
It would help to know which country you're in (no email address means we can't guess). The laws, and equipment available, vary widely from place to place.
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Posted By Andrew W
Health checks are fine until something outside of the scope occurs (stroke, heart attack, acute spinal ailment ie ruptured disc) or an injury (fall, fracture).
The emergency services (Fire) will not always agree to respond as
a. Not all areas have experts in rope access and rescue.
b. They cannot always guarantee to respond in time.
c. they may not have equipment capable of carrying out the rescue.
The paramedics do not usually have the relevant expertise either.
In the UK the HSE usually insist on a rescue plan being in place which does not rely solely on ring 999.
Best practice is to have a trained rescue team on site with the equipment readily available on the crane. Several companies will provide the rescue training and equipment.
prads if you are abroad and wish to contact me personally then I may be able to put you in touch with someone who can help you out.
Andy
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Posted By alex mccreadie
Prads
Google Tower Crane Rescue and you will come up with many ideas.
The HSE in the UK will not accept purely Health Checks they want rescue plans.
There are many good Tower Crane rescue trainers in the UK.
As Andrew states there are many reasons why you cannot say the fire brigade will assist as there are only around a dozen trained rescue teams in the country.
You can train a team on site hold the rescue equipment in the crane all for around £3,000 not a lot for a life?
Regards Alex
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