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Rope Access and its Safety Considerations in
the Offshore Industry
Tjebbe Roestenburg
Managing Director
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Our Services (1)
• Project Management (on and offshore)
• Industrial Rope Access
• Commercial and Industrial Rescue
• Safety Systems Installations
• Equipment Recertification
• Structural Surveys and Remedial work – Buildings, bridges, tunnels etc
• Confined Space Entry in Toxic Atmosphere
– Shafts, silos, tunnels etc
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Our Services (2)
• Promotion and Theatrical Safety and Operational Services
• Consultation, Risk Analysis and Client Representation
• Confined Space Rescue
• General Maintenance
• On Site Training and Supervision
• Building Maintenance and Window cleaning
• Inspection Services
• Painting
• Supply specialist technicians and rope access teams
• Equipment Sales
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Before formal
training After formal training
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IRATA
TACS
Audited member
companies
+250
Safety Statistics
Global Recognition
Experience
+12 million hours
ICOP
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OGUK Health and Safety Report 2013
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BS ISO 22846-2:2012
Personal equipment for
protection against falls — Rope
access systems
Part 2: Code of practice
ISO 22846 (all parts) sets out important criteria for the application
of rope access systems for industrial purposes.
ISO 22846-1 sets out fundamental principles; part 2 of ISO 22846
expands on these, giving recommendations
for planning and management, operative competence and
responsibilities of personnel, supervision, the
selection, use and care of equipment, and advice on how to
implement a safe system of work.
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Equipment and Standards
• EN1891 Low Stretch Kernmantle Ropes
• EN 892 Dynamic mountaineering Ropes
• BS EN 12841 – Personal Fall Protection Equipment – Rope Access Systems – Rope Adjustment Devices
• Type A – Back up devices • Type B – Ascending Devices • Type C – Descending devices
• EN 362 Connectors
• EN 361 Full Body Harness
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Petzl Shunt
• 2012 Petzl releases statement on Shunt use as a rope access back up device –Shunt should not be used while towed by a cord, as a rope
access back-up device – If the shunt is used with a lanyard, this falls outside the
manufacturers instructions
• 2012 IRATA Shunt statement –Operate shunt and descender seperatley –Carry out specific risk assessment to cover use of Shunt as
a back-up device
• 2014 IRATA in the process of revoking Shunt statement, reverting to Petzl statement
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Safe Systems of Work for Rope Access
• Competency through training
• Supervision
• Hazard Analysis
• Risk Assessment
• Rescue Plans
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