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Plastic hook improves workfloor safety

Posted: 4 September 2003

Cablesafe is a development from the offshore industry to improve safety on decks, stairs, scaffolding and other structures.

Disorder on the workshop floor during building and maintenance works can lead to accidents which in certain cases may result in longterm absence due to injury with the possible consequence of liable action beeing taken.

More than 20 per cent of accidents are the result of falls caused by tripping over electrical cables, welding cables, firehoses, airhoses etc. spread over decks and workfloors.

Such accidents can easily be avoided by using the Cablesafe to suspent all cables, extension cords, wires and hoses away from the floor.

These simple “S” shaped hooks are produced from very strong and sophisticated non conductive and non flammable reinforced polyester and can be used again and again.

The Dutch chemical and petrochemical industries and the offshore industry were among the first to discover the great advantage of this system; during a "turn-around" or a "shut-down" the contractors are obliged to suspent all their utility cables in these hooks.

By the end of 1999 the major companies such as Dow, Exxon, Shell, ICI , Arco and many others are subscribing the use of the hooks in their specifications.

In case of emergency situations the escape routes are kept free of obstacles which is of vital importance when seconds can save human life and firefigthers and salvage people will have better access to the place of the accident.

Since the hooks are non conductive there will be less interruption of work due to short circuiting and the danger of electrification will be reduces significantly.

Practical use of the hooks learns that there is an additional benefit of a more economic use of cables and hoses, the number of cables which are not necessary will be reduced and the lifetime of the cables will be longer because risk of damage due to sharp edges will be reduced to a minimum.

After successful introduction in the chemical and offshoreindustry the Cablesafe was also discovered by the shipbuilding and shipsrepairindustry. In the Netherlands more than 50 per cent of the shipyards have introduced the use of Cablesafe over the past 2 years and is to be expected that it will become a standard practise to use the hooks on all newbuildings.

To avoid confusion among different contractors about the ownership of hooks it is possible to obtain a different colour and to have the owners name engraved in the hook.

There are 3 sizes and on each hooks is specified its maximum allowed load. On each end of the hook is a hole which will eanble the user to saveguard the hooks and cables by means of a Tie-Rap.

For more information see www.cablesafe.com.

Posted by Richard Price, Editor Pipeline Magazine

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