Abstract: A portable lifting device designed for the removal of an injured person from a boom supported aerial bucket having a peripheral flange, the device comprising a davit having a footing adjacent one end thereof, the footing being engageable with the bucket flange for supporting the davit in an operative position, a pulley mounted at the other end of the davit, and a winch unit mounted on the davit, the winch unit having a cable extending over the pulley, the cable providing at its free end means for securing engagement with an injured person to be removed from the bucket.