Safety Alert
Offloading Equipment Results in High Potential Near Miss
Offloading Equipment Results in High Potential Near Miss
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 09-19
- Lifting Operations
- Falls from height
- RiggingVehicles and drivingWorking at height
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Summary
An employee climbed onto a container on a flatbed truck to attach lifting slings before offloading. The driver was then instructed to reverse towards the crane. As the truck moved, the employee dropped onto one knee to avoid losing balance or falling from the container.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
IADC Alert 09-19. Themes: lifting operations.