Investigation Report
Contractor Fell Through Missing Grating During Stairway Demolition
02-09-2006 13:30 G05051 SP/75 Injury - Open Hole
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- Falls from height
- Working at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Fall preventionJob safety analysisOperational supervisionStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An investigation records a contractor’s fall through missing grating while assisting stairway demolition during hurricane debris clearance. The employee fell approximately 25–30 feet onto a lower deck. Findings identify unused fall protection, failure to follow the job safety analysis, inadequate supervisory checks and failure to apply the operator’s shut-down policy.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.