Safe Line Handling Practices and Procedures: Safe Anchor Handling

Long hours, bad weather, muddy decks, hand pinch hazards and proximity to buoys and wires under strain are all risk factors.  Recognizing these factors is the first step to working safely.  Anchor handling is one of the most demanding and inherently dangerous tasks performed in the Marine service industry.  Be prepared with the use of proper training.

• Improve your crew's anchor handling efficiency
• Minimize time needed to perform anchor tasks

Topics

• Identifying hazards
• Developing anchoring procedures
• Establishing a work team and assigning roles
• Pre-job Briefing
• Deploying, moving, and returning an anchor