Safety Flash
Fatality and serious injuries during heavy lift operation
Fatality and serious injuries during heavy lift operation
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/03
- Crane and RiggingLifting OperationsMachinery and Equipment
- Mechanical failure
- Lifting operations
- Lifting plan
- Construction
Summary
Early details describe a construction-site incident in which equipment collapsed near completion of a lift involving a 300 tonne alternator, hydraulic jacks and beams. One man died and nine others were injured. The cause remained unknown; the company initiated specialist engineering checks of plans and designs for similar lifts.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Lifting plan; lift planning.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
Summary
A heavy lift using hydraulic jacks and beams collapsed near completion, causing a fatality and serious injuries.
IMCA SF 02/03. Themes: crane and rigging, lifting operations, machinery and equipment.