Safety Alert
Tag Line Releases Lifeboat During Lifting Operation
Tag Line Releases Lifeboat During Lifting Operation
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 12-16
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueLifting Operations
- Lifting operations
- Lifeboat
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Summary
During a steel-plate lift in high winds, a tag line snagged the port lifeboat release wire, releasing its gravity brake and allowing the boat to lower to the sea. The lifeboat remained attached to its falls and was winched back to the davits without damage.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
IADC Alert 12-16. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, lifting operations.