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Fitness for purpose of closed bell diver emergency recovery hoists
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has provided IMCA with the following information: HSE has recently been made aware that some diver recovery hoists fitted in diving bells may not be fit for purpose. Of particular concern is that some hoists may not provide sufficient mechanical advantage to enable one person in the bell […]
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Information Note Details
Published date: 22 December 2015
Information note ID: 1288
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