Avoid Life Boat Accident - A guide for safe launching and recovery by using fall preventer devices
Year: 2017 Language: english Author: BIMCO Genre: Guide Publisher: BIMCO Edition: September 2017 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 36 Description: BIMCO has developed new guidance for seafarers on the safe launching and recovery of lifeboats using fall preventer devices (FPDs), to reduce the number of seafarer fatalities and injuries. The ‘Avoid Lifeboat Accidents’ pamphlet gives clear guidance on how to prevent accidents with lifeboats and rescue boats equipped with on-load release systems. It advises whether additional precautions in the form of FPDs are appropriate, and if so, when and how to use them safely and effectively when launching and recovering the boat. Other failure devices, and new innovative hook systems are examined too. Lifeboat accidents resulting in fatalities and serious injuries are all too frequent, despite efforts in recent years to reduce them. Most of the accidents happen in boats using conventional davits and on-load release systems. However, recently other parts of the suspension and lifting systems have been identified as points of failure too, particularly the wire rope falls on larger lifeboats. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recommends the use of FPDs because so many recent lifeboat and rescue boat accidents have resulted in fatalities and injuries to seafarers. This constitutes an unacceptable risk and the use of FPDs is intended to be an interim measure to reduce this risk while new, safe IMO approved systems are developed. However, this process will take some years, and so FPDs are recommended for the intervening time until approval is secured.
Contents
Introduction...............................................................4 What is? .....................................................................6 Hooks that need FPDs..............................................7 Hooks that do not need FPDs..................................8 Difficulties fitting FPDs..............................................9 Alternatives to hook systems....................................10 Rescue boats...............................................................11 Examples of FPD and SSD .........................................12 Controlling the risk......................................................15 Practical guidelines .....................................................18 How not to connect FPDs ...........................................21 Launching......................................................................23 Recovery........................................................................28 Be aware of... ...............................................................32 Ensuring good operation ...........................................34 About BIMCO................................................................35
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Avoid Life Boat Accident - A guide for safe launching and recovery by using fall preventer devices
Language: english
Author: BIMCO
Genre: Guide
Publisher: BIMCO
Edition: September 2017
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 36
Description: BIMCO has developed new guidance for seafarers on the safe launching and recovery of lifeboats using fall preventer devices (FPDs), to reduce the number of seafarer fatalities and injuries.
The ‘Avoid Lifeboat Accidents’ pamphlet gives clear guidance on how to prevent accidents with lifeboats and rescue boats equipped with on-load release systems. It advises whether additional precautions in the form of FPDs are appropriate, and if so, when and how to use them safely and effectively when launching and recovering the boat. Other failure devices, and new innovative hook systems are examined too.
Lifeboat accidents resulting in fatalities and serious injuries are all too frequent, despite efforts in recent years to reduce them. Most of the accidents happen in boats using conventional davits and on-load release systems. However, recently other parts of the suspension and lifting systems have been identified as points of failure too, particularly the wire rope falls on larger lifeboats.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recommends the use of FPDs because so many recent lifeboat and rescue boat accidents have resulted in fatalities and injuries to seafarers. This constitutes an unacceptable risk and the use of FPDs is intended to be an interim measure to reduce this risk while new, safe IMO approved systems are developed. However, this process will take some years, and so FPDs are recommended for the intervening time until approval is secured.
Contents
Introduction...............................................................4What is? .....................................................................6
Hooks that need FPDs..............................................7
Hooks that do not need FPDs..................................8
Difficulties fitting FPDs..............................................9
Alternatives to hook systems....................................10
Rescue boats...............................................................11
Examples of FPD and SSD .........................................12
Controlling the risk......................................................15
Practical guidelines .....................................................18
How not to connect FPDs ...........................................21
Launching......................................................................23
Recovery........................................................................28
Be aware of... ...............................................................32
Ensuring good operation ...........................................34
About BIMCO................................................................35
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