Safety Alert
Safety Alert 393 - Adverse Weather and Sea Conditions Complicate Dynamic Lifts
Safety Alert 393 - Adverse Weather and Sea Conditions Complicate Dynamic Lifts
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 393
- Lifting Operations
- Crushing and pinch pointsLine of fire
- Cargo transferLifting operations
- CraneLifting accessories
- Job safety analysisOperational supervisionPre-use checksStop-work authority
- Marine industryUpstream oil and gas
- Vessel
Summary
This alert describes three Gulf of Mexico cargo-lifting incidents in April 2020 involving vessel motion, load impacts and worker injuries. It recommends considering dynamic-lift checklists and sling inspections, reassessing environmental conditions, reinforcing stop-work authority, supervising worker positioning and checking crane minimum hook speed against wave-related load movement.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
BSEE Safety Alert 393. Themes: lifting operations.