Safety Alert
Safety Alert 307 - Lower Stairwell Step Collapses Causing Injury
Safety Alert 307 - Lower Stairwell Step Collapses Causing Injury
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 307
- Inspection and MaintenanceSlips, Trips and FallsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Ageing, life extension and obsolescenceSlips, trips and fallsStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Preventive maintenance
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A contractor injured his knee when fibreglass bracing supporting the last stairwell step collapsed. The alert identifies possible ageing and deterioration despite an apparently sound condition. It describes replacement aluminium supports, additional bracing and securing bolts, and recommends stairwell inspections and maintenance aligned with manufacturers’ recommendations.
Classifications: Ageing, life extension and obsolescence.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
BSEE Safety Alert 307. Themes: inspection and maintenance, slips, trips and falls, structural and asset integrity.