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Oil workers measured ahead of new helicopter safety size rules
Offshore workers will be measured before travelling by helicopter to North Sea oil platforms from next month.
Industry safety group Step Change in Safety (SCS) said medics would begin measuring helicopter passengers at onshore medical centres and offshore platforms in February.
Plans seat offshore workers by size were announced by SCS in October 2014.
“Extra broad” passengers with a shoulder width of more than 22in will have to sit in a seat near an appropriately-sized window from April.
The move follows a review of helicopter safety by the Civil Aviation Authority which raised concerns about the about larger passengers’ ability to escape from helicopters in emergencies.
Les Linklater, Step Change in Safety’s executive director, said: "This strategy is the simplest and most effective way to make sure helicopter passengers are measured correctly, and that passengers are transported safely to and from offshore installations.
"The passenger size working group has worked with the CAA and has been informed by Dr Arthur Stewart, an expert at the Robert Gordon University.
“This measurement strategy marks the evolution of helicopter safety and is another major step towards ensuring the UK is the safest oil province in the world to work in.”