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Delaware River Pilot Boat Transfers Pilot to Moving Ship - Delaware River - Philadelphia - May, 8, 2022
Philadelphia, USA
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perry sutton
Australia
on 13 June 2024, 23:59 UTC
The number of videos demonstrating poor pilot launch risk management procedures is amazing.
For example;
Pilot not wearing a self inflating (hydrostatic release) life jacket
For example;
Pilot not wearing a self inflating (hydrostatic release) life jacket
No pilot tethering system to pilot vessel sail'' track using a harness fitted to the life jacket
No deckhand attendance to the P/V point of transfer
No deckhand testing of security of pilot land before the pilot commences embarkation/disembarkation
The fact that pilot organisations post these videos on your new site appears to indicate they have no awareness of modern WH&S requirements and systems
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No deckhand attendance to the P/V point of transfer
No deckhand testing of security of pilot land before the pilot commences embarkation/disembarkation
The fact that pilot organisations post these videos on your new site appears to indicate they have no awareness of modern WH&S requirements and systems
ps
perry sutton
Australia
on 13 June 2024, 23:59 UTC
The number of videos demonstrating poor pilot launch risk management procedures is amazing.
For example;
Pilot not wearing a self inflating (hydrostatic release) life jacket
For example;
Pilot not wearing a self inflating (hydrostatic release) life jacket
No pilot tethering system to pilot vessel sail'' track using a harness fitted to the life jacket
No deckhand attendance to the P/V point of transfer
No deckhand testing of security of pilot land before the pilot commences embarkation/disembarkation
The fact that pilot organisations post these videos on your new site appears to indicate they have no awareness of modern WH&S requirements and systems
[show more]
No deckhand attendance to the P/V point of transfer
No deckhand testing of security of pilot land before the pilot commences embarkation/disembarkation
The fact that pilot organisations post these videos on your new site appears to indicate they have no awareness of modern WH&S requirements and systems
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