Safety Flash
Dropped object during delivery of offshore container
Dropped object during delivery of offshore container
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 01/05
- Dropped ObjectsLifting Operations
- Dropped objects
- Vehicles and driving
- Risk assessment
- Onshore facility
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Summary
A worker spotted a four-foot metal rod or brace atop an offshore container delivered to a warehouse. The driver had travelled several miles through a city centre with the object on the trailer. The flash describes a haulage risk-assessment review and supplier reminders about cargo presentation guidelines.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Onshore facility; onshore plant.
Summary
The flash addresses risks associated with loading, unloading and transporting offshore containers and the presentation of cargo for shipment.
IMCA SF 01/05. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations.