Sch 3Personnel cradle

Schedule 3 Personnel cradle

ILO Code, section 3.6.2.9

(Schedule 2, clause 8)

1 Construction

1.1 A personnel cradle must not be used for the carriage of a person in loading or unloading a ship, unless it:

(a) is enclosed on all sides to a height of not less than 1 m above the surface of the interior floor by fencing and a gate or gates; and

(b) has at least 2 gates separated as widely as practicable from each other, except that a cradle designed to be handled by a crane of a type referred to in paragraph 2(b) need have one gate only; and

(c) is attached to a fall, or lifting frame at 4 points, by shackles, safety hooks or twist locks with a secondary means of attachment, in a manner that will prevent accidental disconnection; and

(d) has handholds inside the cradle fencing; and

(e) is permanently marked, on each side, with its designed gross operating mass; and

(f) is fitted with suitable bins, hooks or other arrangements to safely stow equipment normally carried in the cage.

1.2 For this Schedule, fencing must be of sheeting material or wire netting attached to stanchions and rails. The floor must be of solid construction of sheeting material or close fitting timber. The fencing and floor must provide sufficient strength to support twice the total mass of persons and equipment the cradle is designed to accommodate.

1.3 For this Schedule, a gate must be so designed and fitted as to:

(a) provide safe passage to and from the personnel cradle; and

(b) be capable of being securely closed, in a manner that maintains the continuity of strength of the stanchions and rails referred to in subclause 1.2; and

(c) open only inwards and are self-closing; and

(d) be capable of being locked shut to prevent accidental opening.

2 Suitable crane

A personnel cradle containing a person may be hoisted or lowered only by means of:

(a) a gantry crane using mechanically-operated locks, pins or similar devices controlled from the operator’s cabin, provided the attitude taken up by the personnel cradle, on lifting, is such that the angle between the horizontal plane and the plane of the floor of the personnel cradle does not exceed 5° for any condition of loading; or

(b) any other crane complying with the other requirements of this Order, provided:

(i) that hoisting, lowering, luffing and slewing of the crane is under the control of a competent crane driver at all times and a safe speed is maintained during each of these operations; and

(ii) that the crane is fitted with motion-limiting devices, that automatically interrupt operating power and hold the crane and its load stationary in the event of failure of operating controls for hoisting, lowering, luffing or slewing; and