Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) - Australian Maritime ...

Personnel cradle Schedule 3Schedule 3Personnel cradleILO Code, section 3.6.2.9(Schedule 2, clause 8)1 Construction1.1 A personnel cradle must not be used for the carriage of a person in loading orunloading a vessel, unless it:(a) is enclosed on all sides to a height of not less than 1 m above the surface ofthe 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 toin 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 ortwist locks with a secondary means of attachment, in a manner that willprevent accidental disconnection; and(d) has handholds inside the cradle fencing; and(e) is permanently marked, on each side, with its designed gross operatingmass; and(f) is fitted with suitable bins, hooks or other arrangements to safely stowequipment normally carried in the cage.1.2 For this Schedule, fencing must be of sheeting material or wire netting attachedto stanchions and rails. The floor must be of solid construction of sheetingmaterial or close fitting timber. The fencing and floor must provide sufficientstrength to support twice the total mass of persons and equipment the cradle isdesigned 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 thecontinuity of strength of the stanchions and rails referred to insubclause 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 craneA personnel cradle containing a person may be hoisted or lowered only bymeans of:(a) a gantry crane using mechanically-operated locks, pins or similar devicescontrolled from the operator’s cabin, provided the attitude taken up by thepersonnel cradle, on lifting, is such that the angle between the horizontalplane and the plane of the floor of the personnel cradle does not exceed 5°for any condition of loading; orMarine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2011 41MO32 modcomp-130604Z.docx