HSE issue safety notice following lifting incidents

HSE issued a safety notice on 1st February following two incidents which occurred on offshore installations. In both incidents a boom hoist rope came off a sheave.  This resulted in the catastrophic failure of the ropes and structural damage to the crane booms. Both incidents had the potential to cause death or serious injury to the persons involved in the lifting operations and to other persons on the installations. https://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/offshore-cranes.htm