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There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment) Regulations 2006, Section 7.
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7.—(1) The employer shall ensure that, except under the conditions required by paragraph (2), no lifting equipment shall be used for lifting persons unless it is designed for the purpose.
(2) If in exceptional circumstances it is necessary to use lifting equipment, which has not been specifically designed for the purpose, to lift persons, the employer shall ensure that—
(a)the control position of the lifting equipment is manned at all times; and
(b)persons being lifted have a reliable means of communication, whether direct or indirect, with the operator of the lifting equipment.
(3) The employer shall ensure that lifting equipment which is designed for the lifting of persons is not used for that purpose unless it is so constructed, maintained and operated that a worker may use it or carry out work activities from the carrier without risk to his health and safety, and in particular—
(a)that the worker will not be crushed, trapped or struck, in particular through inadvertent contact with objects;
(b)that the lifting equipment is so designed or has suitable devices—
(i)to prevent any carrier falling or, if that cannot be prevented for reasons inherent in the site and height differences, the carrier has an enhanced safety co-efficient suspension rope or chain;
(ii)to prevent the risk of any person falling from the carrier, and
(c)that any person trapped in the carrier in the event of an incident is not thereby exposed to danger and can be freed.
(4) The employer shall ensure that any rope or chain provided under paragraph (3)(b)(i) is inspected by a competent person every working day.
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