
FallPreventionDevice
Add:Room702,FortressTower,250King’sRoad,Northpoint,HongKongSAR,CHINA
Tel:(852)25719322;Fax:(852)30180476;Email:boatservice@marland.com.hk
RecommendationsofusingtheFPD:
ApplytheFPDduringmaintenance/trainingoperations,i.e.hookservicing,lifeboatlaunchingand
recoveryetc.
1. AccordingtoMSC.1/Circ.1327,thestropor
slingsshouldbepermanentlymarkedwith
thedateofentryintoservice.Afterfirst
openingofthepackage,markthe“Dateof
Entry”permanentlywithawater‐resistanton
thesafetyslingandWarningLabel.
2. Connectthesafetyslingbetweenthe
topmostlink(A)ofthefloatingblock&
auxiliarylug(B)ofthehookwithshackles.
3. Minimizeslackofsafetyslingduring
connection.
4. NeverconnecttheFPDtogriplink(C).
5. Placeawarningnoticeatthereleasehandle
toensurethatthesafetyslingsaredetached
beforethereleasemechanismisactivated.
6. Detachthesafetyslingbeforehookrelease
operation.Oncedetached,itshouldnot
interferewiththeoperationoftheon‐load
releasegear/thepropeller.
7. AsremarkedbytheIMO,shouldafall
preventerstropofslingbesubjecttoan
unintentionaldynamicshockloading,the
stroporslingshouldbereplaced.
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B