Investigation Report
Worker Injured After Climbing Out-of-Service Scaffolding Ladder
02-07-2024 0855 G2249 GA A 244JP LTA (>3 days)
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- Falls from heightHuman factorsMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenanceWorking at height
- Fall protection equipmentLadderScaffold
- Contractor managementEvacuation, escape and rescueJob safety analysisPreventive maintenance
- Construction
- Offshore installation
Summary
BSEE investigates a leg and ankle injury after a worker climbed an out-of-service scaffolding ladder on a platform off Texas. Findings address unstable ladder construction, absent status markings, fall-arrest equipment deficiencies and fragmented contractor work planning. The report also examines delayed medical evacuation and recommends revisiting Safety Alert 469.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Classifications: Scaffold; scaffolding.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.