Bourbon - Offshore - Surf - SMS manual 2016

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Ca

r

go Ope

r

a

ti

ons

BOS

-

PRD

-2

6

.

90060

2

C

argo

shall

be secured us

i

ng ade

q

uate restra

i

nts cons

i

der

i

ng

the

weather

forecast

(

w

i

nd

,

swe

ll,

gusts)

and

type of

cargo

l

oaded

R

estra

i

nts are to be

i

n p

l

ace pr

i

or to the vesse

l

depart

i

ng she

l

tered waters outbound

(i

dea

ll

y

pr

i

or to

l

eav

i

ng

the berth) and as soon as poss

i

b

l

e when bac

k l

oaded offshore

.

T

he secur

i

ng restra

i

nts

/

l

ash

i

ngs are to rema

i

n

i

n p

l

ace unt

il

the cargo

i

s off

l

oaded

.

R

estra

i

nts

shall

be r

i

gged so as to deny any

i

n

i

t

i

a

l

movement of any cargo

i

tem

.

Use of p

i

pe stanch

i

ons

shall

be cons

i

dered whenever tubu

l

ar cargos are carr

i

ed

.

W

hen determ

i

n

i

ng the type and e

x

tent of restra

i

n

i

ng arrangements re

q

u

i

red the

Mas

t

e

r

shall

cons

i

der the

fo

ll

ow

i

ng factors

:

x

T

he mot

i

on character

i

st

i

cs of the vesse

l;

x

T

he ant

i

c

i

pated weather cond

i

t

i

ons

;

x

T

he freeboard

;

x

T

he nature of the cargo

;

x

T

he number

of

i

nsta

ll

at

i

ons

to be wor

k

ed

.

4.

6 Hands

Fr

ee L

i

f

ti

ng and Safe use of

t

ag

li

nes

O

nce connected to a mechan

i

ca

l li

ft

i

ng dev

i

ce

,

personne

l

should

not touch a

l

oad w

i

th any part of the

i

r body

as the

l

oad

i

s be

i

ng

li

fted or before the

l

oad

i

s proper

l

y set down and any potent

i

a

l

energy has been

re

l

eased

.

T

he ma

j

or

i

ty of

i

nc

i

dents occur dur

i

ng

li

ft

i

ng off and

l

and

i

ng the

l

oad due to chang

i

ng dynam

i

cs of the

li

ft

i

ng

operat

i

on

i

n pro

xi

m

i

ty of personne

l

or e

q

u

i

pment

. T

herefore

i

t

i

s essent

i

a

l

that nobody rema

i

ns

i

n the v

i

c

i

n

i

ty

of the

l

oad

.

R

i

s

k i

s manageab

l

e by e

li

m

i

nat

i

on of ha

z

ards and rema

i

n

i

ng c

l

ear of a sw

i

ng

i

ng

l

oad unt

il i

t has been

l

anded

;

comp

li

ance w

i

th the

Clear Deck Policy

i

s a safe approach that

shall

ensure r

i

s

k i

s ma

i

nta

i

ned to an

abso

l

ute m

i

n

i

mum

.

I

n order to ach

i

eve th

i

s

,

the use of push

/

pu

ll

po

l

es and the use of tag

li

nes may be usefu

l.

T

he use of tag

li

nes

shall

not be systemat

i

c

. T

ag

li

nes are

part

i

cu

l

ar

l

y usefu

l

w

i

th a

li

gnment of cargo on f

ix

ed

p

l

atforms and w

i

th f

l

atbed motor veh

i

c

l

es

(

truc

k

s) however they can

i

ntroduce add

i

t

i

ona

l

ha

z

ards and r

i

s

k

s

on the dec

k

of a mov

i

ng supp

l

y vesse

l

where wor

k

areas and escape routes are often severe

l

y

li

m

i

ted or

restr

i

cted

. T

ag

li

nes are recommended when

i

t he

l

ps fac

ili

tate hand

-

free

li

ft

i

ng

,

such as for

l

ong

l

oads wh

i

ch

may tend to rotate when

li

fted

,

w

i

th

li

ght

l

oads or h

i

gh surface

l

oads wh

i

ch may act as sa

il,

w

i

th personne

l

transfer bas

k

ets and wor

k

bas

k

ets

,

etc

. T

ag

li

nes

shall

not be used to enab

l

e

li

ft

i

ng operat

i

ons to be carr

i

ed

out

i

n adverse weather cond

i

t

i

on

.

T

ag

li

nes are made of

s

i

ng

l

e and cont

i

nua

l

soft

li

nes

. T

ag

li

nes

shall

be

t

i

ed to the

l

oad and not

to the

r

i

gg

i

ng

un

l

ess

i

mposs

i

b

l

e to do so

.

T

ag

li

nes

shall

be

l

ong enough to be grabbed by a hoo

k,

and

l

ong enough to a

ll

ow personne

l

to stand we

ll

c

l

ear of the

l

oad

.

E

x

tra care

i

s re

q

uested dur

i

ng these operat

i

ons and

Mas

t

e

r

w

ill

pay spec

i

a

l

attent

i

on w

i

th

commun

i

cat

i

ons

.

B

an

k

sman

shall

be on stat

i

on on dec

k

and

shall

be

i

n c

l

ose VH

F

/

UH

F

commun

i

cat

i

on

w

i

th the br

i

dge and

C

r

ane Ope

r

a

t

o

r

.

Use of heavy b

l

oc

k

s

shall

be

avo

i

ded and pendant or

st

i

nger

li

ne

i

s to be

used as much as poss

i

b

l

e to ease man

i

pu

l

at

i

on and unhoo

k

the

li

ft

.

T

ag

li

nes

should

be he

l

d

i

n a manner that they can s

li

p through the hand

i

f re

q

u

i

red

.

A

ll

sect

i

on of the

li

ne

shall

be

k

ept

i

n front of the body to avo

i

ded be

i

ng entang

l

ed by the

li

ne

. T

ag

li

nes

shall

never be wrapped

around hand

,

or t

i

ed off to a structure

.

I

n case severa

l

tag

li

nes

shall

be used

,

persons

shall

a

ll

wor

k

on the same s

i

de of the

li

ne

.

S

ome c

li

ents have a re

q

u

i

rement for compu

l

sory tag

li

ne use on a

ll

crane

li

fts and efforts

shall

be made to

comp

l

y w

i

th c

li

ents re

q

u

i

rements

, i

nc

l

ud

i

ng appropr

i

ate r

i

s

k

assessment to ade

q

uate

l

y manage the

Vers

i

on

S

F(

BOS

-

PRD

-

07

.

90060

2-

ver

.

04

)

.

O

r

i

g

i

na

l

date

:

22

/06/

2

01

2.

Vers

i

on

date

: 31/1

2

/

2

015

.

Va

li

d

vers

i

on on

l

y on

QMS

s

i

te

.

Uncontro

ll

ed document

when

pr

i

nted

.

P

rocedure prepared by

: BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Approved

by

: BOS

Head

of

O

perat

i

ons

.

Va

li

dated by

: BOS Q

ua

li

ty

R

epresentat

i

ve

.

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