Safety Alert
Motion Compensated Gangways Auto-retraction
Motion Compensated Gangways Auto-retraction
- HSE
- Safety Alert
- ED03-2025
- Machinery and EquipmentMarine Operations
- Falls from heightLine of fire
- Personnel transfer
- Gangway
- Alarm managementFunctional testingRisk assessmentStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
HSE warns that power failures or control-system errors can trigger unexpected retraction of motion-compensated gangways, exposing users to falls and moving parts. The notice requires reviews of gangway arrangements, design and automatic-function testing, and calls for adequate advance warnings and rigorous assessment of operator overrides.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Gangway; walk-to-work gangway; W2W gangway.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
Safety alert concerning automatic retraction hazards involving motion-compensated gangways.
ED03-2025. Themes: machinery and equipment, marine operations.