Safety Alert
Recent Tagline Entanglements Result in Several high Potential Near Misses
Recent Tagline Entanglements Result in Several high Potential Near Misses
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 461
- Crane and RiggingLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- EntanglementLine of fire
- Cargo transferLifting operationsRigging
- CraneHand tools
- Job safety analysisLifting planSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Vessel
Summary
BSEE describes four offshore lifting near misses in which workers became entangled in taglines and were lifted with loads, without injury. Operators and contractors are asked to consider safer tagline selection and handling, hands-free retrieval tools, clear work areas, agreed crane signals and job safety analysis of tagline hazards.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Lifting plan; lift planning.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
BSEE Safety Alert 461. Themes: crane and rigging, lifting operations, line of fire.