Safety Alert
Safety Alert 189 - Guardrails
Safety Alert 189 - Guardrails
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 189
- Working at Height
- CorrosionFalls from heightStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenanceWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Exclusion zonesFall preventionOperating and work procedures
Summary
This alert describes offshore guardrail failures, including one fatality, with investigations identifying severe corrosion and improper base welding. It recommends checking design criteria and structural integrity, establishing proper-use and maintenance policies, avoiding guardrails as load or fall-protection anchors, and protecting personnel and unguarded areas during replacement.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
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: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
BSEE Safety Alert 189. Themes: working at height.