Guidance
Safe Weight Limit Explanatory Note Issue 1
Safe Weight Limit Explanatory Note Issue 1
- OEUK
- Guidance
- Unknown
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueHelicopter and AviationOccupational Health
- Regulation and legislationRisk management
- Helicopter operationsManual handling
- HelicopterLifeboatRescue craftWinch
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFitness assessmentOperating and work proceduresRisk assessment
- Offshore installation
Summary
Explains the proposed 124kg clothed weight limit for outbound offshore workers, linking it to rescue capacity, casualty handling and escape equipment constraints. Describes phased implementation, mobilisation checks and weight-dependent certification, alongside workforce impact estimates and support options. Return travel onshore is outside the restriction.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Helicopter operations; offshore aviation; rotary-wing operations.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Helicopter; rotorcraft.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
Classifications: Rescue craft; fast rescue craft; FRC; fast rescue boat; FRB.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Fitness assessment.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
Explains the safety rationale, hazards and implementation considerations for an offshore worker weight limit.
Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, helicopter and aviation, occupational health.