Safety Alert
Auxiliary Line Abrading Causes Rope Guard Failure
Auxiliary Line Abrading Causes Rope Guard Failure
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 454
- Crane and RiggingInspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- Dropped objectsMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- CraneWire rope
- Pre-use checks
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
An auxiliary line abrading crane sheave components caused a rope guard to fail and fall approximately 100 feet near personnel below. The alert explains how high-speed line movement produces damage and recommends pre-use wear inspections and replacement of single main load line idler sheave carriers with a double sheave idler.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert concerns abrasion of an auxiliary line leading to rope-guard failure.
BSEE Safety Alert 454. Themes: crane and rigging, inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.