Meanings
plural personnel baskets
- A large basket hoisted by crane to transfer people between offshore installations, drilling rigs, vessels, etc.
So we all got in the personnel basket, which is a big metal basket for transferring people from the rig to a vessel such as a boat.
2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 97Synonyms: man basket, personnel transfer basket
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large basket hoisted by crane to transfer people between offshore installations, drilling rigs, vessels, etc.
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personnel basket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/personnel%20basket
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