3522 G+ Safe by Design workshop: Floating Offshore Wind - Transfers, access and egress, and materials handling

Overview:

On 30 November 2022, G+ held a Safe by Design workshop which brought together industry experts to assess health and safety risks relating to floating offshore wind. The purpose of the workshop was specifically to identify the steps the industry could take to effectively reduce health and safety risks that are unique to floating offshore wind.

The workshop focused on three themes:

1) access to the structure from a vessel;

2) moving around the structure including emergency egress, and

3) materials handling.

This report describes the workshop and its output, including 10 recommendations to industry.