Corrective Actions Taken
1. Install guarding along the exposed soft stop of the gangway to ensure a person cannot place their feet in the path of the retracting gangway frame and install a physical barrier at the base of the telescopic gangway section, and which will prevent the operator from encountering the gangway when it is fully retracted.
2. Update the gangway operator training program with specific focus on entrapment and shearing potential areas on the gangway. This should include no-go areas for operators and transferring technicians and form part of the gangway operator’s assessment at the end of the course.
1. Develop a set of sea state / vessel movement limits for gangway connections that the gangway operators can use as a support to make an informed decision on when to stop the job. (this must be independent from the vessel station keeping abilities)
2. Assess the gangway operator shelter and determine what changes are required to make the cabin more user friendly for the operator.
3. All SOV in the fleet to conduct a targeted hazard identification activity of their respective gangway systems to determine if any shear or entrapment potentials exist (irrespective of likelihood of occurrence)
4. All SOV in the fleet to review their existing Walk-2 -Walk risk assessments and ensure the shear and entrapment hazards are recorded with suitable control measures.
5. Develop an onsite competency assessment and re-fresher program for gangway operators to ;
o Ensure good practice is adopted.
o Update knowledge.
o Assess skill levels.
o Transfer lessons learned.
o Detect and correct unwanted operator habits.
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