Safety Alert
Safety Alert 194 - Guardrails
Safety Alert 194 - Guardrails
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 194
- Working at Height
- Falls from heightStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Fall preventionJob safety analysisOperating and work proceduresSafety communication
Summary
This alert follows an investigation into a fatal fall involving a guardrail used to anchor a come-along. It reiterates guardrail inspection, maintenance and use restrictions, and recommends reviewing the need for a second job safety analysis when task steps change, alongside communication between operator representatives and contractors.
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: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
BSEE Safety Alert 194. Themes: working at height.