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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators Service Providers GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURE FOR LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND LIFTING OPERATIONS

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Applicable to all Oil & Gas Operators 
and 
Service Providers 
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURE FOR LIFTING EQUIPMENT AND LIFTING 
OPERATIONS  
Code: DPR Guide 0024 - 2020 
 
Revision Date: 1st August 2020 
 
 
This is a property of the Department of Petroleum Resources. All rights reserved  
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vii. 
The EC Declaration of Conformity or the Manufacturers Test Certificate and 
every other subsequent report of thorough Examinations for each of the 
lifting accessories must be kept in the technical file.  
viii. 
Wrought iron equipment must be periodically annealed (i.e. subjected to 
heat treatment which enables the wrought iron to revert to its "safer" 
crystal structure).   
ix. 
Registers of equipment details must be kept.    
  
3.7 
 Lifting Equipment for Lifting Persons    
Lifting equipment for lifting persons used at any operational location is designed:   
i. 
To prevent a person using it from, being crushed, trapped or struck, or falling 
from the carrier.    
ii. 
To prevent so far as is reasonably practicable a person using it, while carrying 
out activities from the carrier, being crushed, trapped or struck or falling 
from the carrier.   
iii. 
With suitable devices to prevent the risk of a carrier falling.   
iv. 
So that a person trapped in any carrier is not thereby exposed to danger and 
can be freed.  
 Lifting Equipment used for lifting person SHALL be labelled: PERSONNEL LIFT ONLY    
The raising and lowering of people by work equipment, which is not specifically designed 
for the purposes, should only be undertaken in exceptional circumstances, when it is not 
practicable to gain access by less hazardous means. Where it is necessary to use such work 
equipment then all necessary precautions must be taken to ensure safety, including 
appropriate supervision.  
Examples of lifting machinery which is not specifically designed for lifting people but which 
could be used if the necessary precautions are taken include a fork- lift truck, a telescopic