Safety Alert
Crane Rig Up Results in Fall from Height
Crane Rig Up Results in Fall from Height
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 08-03
- Crane and RiggingWorking at Height
- Dropped objectsFalls from height
- Lifting operationsRiggingWorking at height
- CraneFall protection equipment
- Fall prevention
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
During pedestal-crane assembly on an offshore production platform, a hydraulic cylinder slipped from its rigging while being lowered by another crane. It struck a handrail, which broke away and fell to the deck with a derrickman attached by his fall-protection lanyard. He sustained skull fractures and a broken right arm.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
IADC Alert 08-03. Themes: crane and rigging, working at height.