Safety Alert
Extreme Caution Advised During Swing Rope Transfers
Extreme Caution Advised During Swing Rope Transfers
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 456
- Marine Operations
- Crushing and pinch pointsDrowningSlips, trips and falls
- Personnel transfer
- Personal locator beacons
- Competence and trainingEvacuation, escape and rescueFunctional testingRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installationVessel
Summary
This alert reviews offshore swing-rope transfer incidents involving a fractured foot, a shin laceration and a fall into water without injury. BSEE recommends transfer-specific risk assessments, competence assurance and recovery capability checks, alongside verification of transfer systems and locator beacons. Alternative transfer methods, including gangways or elevated structures, are recommended for consideration.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Personal locator beacons; PLB.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
BSEE Safety Alert 456. Themes: marine operations.