Work Over the Side Safety

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1. 1

   Overside Work and Why It Is High Risk

   • What Counts as Overside Work
   • Typical Overside Tasks and Where They Happen
   • Two Hazards at Once: The Fall and the Water
   • How Overside Incidents Start
   • Who Does What in Overside Work
2. 2

   What Happens in the Water

   • Cold Water Shock: The First Minutes
   • Swim Failure: Why Swimmers Drown
   • Hypothermia and the Danger Around Rescue
   • The Sea Around the Structure
   • Lost from Sight: Night, Sea State and Search
3. 3

   Planning and Authorising Overside Work

   • The Hierarchy of Control for Overside Work
   • Risk Assessment and the Permit to Work
   • Weather, Sea State, Tide and Daylight Limits
   • Simultaneous Operations Around the Worksite
   • The Toolbox Talk and Telling the Control Room
4. 4

   Fall Protection, Buoyancy and Access

   • Harness, Anchor Points and 100% Tie-Off
   • When Fall Arrest Alone Is Not Enough
   • Lifejackets, Buoyancy Aids and Work Vests
   • Checking and Wearing Your Equipment
   • Access: Scaffolds, Platforms, Baskets and Ladders
   • Removed Gratings and Handrails
5. 5

   Standby, Rescue Cover and Control of the Job

   • The Standby Person
   • Standby Vessel, Fast Rescue Craft and Communications
   • Rescue Equipment and the Rescue Plan
   • Dropped Objects Over the Side
   • Night Work, Lighting and Visibility
6. 6

   Stopping, Emergencies and Closing the Job

   • When to Stop Work
   • Man Overboard: The First Actions
   • Recovery and After-Care
   • Reinstatement and Closing the Job
   • Working Over Water Inshore: Jetties, Quays, Barges and Bridges
   • Putting It Together: Two Overside Jobs