Safety training
GWO Advanced Rescue Training Standard / V4 2023-05-02
ANNEX 2 - ART GUIDELINE: RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTATION 1. Introduction Wind turbines are increasingly placed in remote areas far away from established medical facilities both offshore and onshore. The time from placing the emergency/distress call until the professional emergency responders arrive at the location is also increasing. Working in remote areas requires the wind turbine personnel teams to have a high level of self-reliance in emergency situations especially when it can be questioned if professional help can be expected in the nacelle of modern wind turbines, due to increasing heights and their limited skills to climb the turbine and perform the rescue from the turbine. 2. Purpose The GWO training provides the foundation for the development of the advanced rescue competencies. This document serves as a guideline for when GWO members should implement Advanced Rescue Training (ART) and special equipment for wind personnel working at sites. Whether advanced rescue is integrated into the emergency response plan of a company or site should be the result of a risk assessment. By providing advanced rescue training, GWO is providing employers with an effective tool to control the risks associated with rescue operations, as well as ensuring a more efficient rescue operation from a wind turbine successfully. The course elevates the level of rescuer self-reliance and enables rescuer to successfully transport the colleague who cannot self-evacuate, to an assembly point until professional emergency responders arrive at the location. GWO Advanced Rescue Training supports the employer by mitigating numerous common wind turbine emergency rescue related hazards including, but not limited to:
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Injured person getting stuck due to structure interference
a. use of improper anchor point for injured person transportation
b.
ropes, slings and similar breaking due to sharp edges
c.
improper rescue method and technique
d. physical shock, mental stress, exhaustion, fatigue due to time-consuming rescue
e. challenging weather conditions for rescue wind speed, extreme temperatures and alike
f. due to limited space, difficulties in putting harness and other rescue equipment onto an injured person and prepare the injured person for safe transportation g. collision of injured person and vessel when delivering the injured person down to the vessel, due to vessel moving up and down
h. burns from contact HV-cables or hyperthermia during rescue operation
i. improper PPE of rescuer and/or placing improper PPE onto injured person
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