Safety Flash
Fatal fall in shipyard
Fatal fall in shipyard
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/06
- Control of WorkPersonal Protective EquipmentSlips, Trips and FallsWorking at Height
- Falls from heightRisk managementSlips, trips and falls
- Working at height
- Fall protection equipmentPersonal protective equipment
- Operating and work procedures
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
Two shipyard workers fell after a cable hanger tilted while they were constructing it from the ship’s railings. A secured harness saved one worker; the other, wearing an unsecured harness, fell some 27 metres into the dry dock and died. The flash stresses effective PPE use, risk management and safe work procedures.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
One shipyard worker died after falling from a vessel while constructing cable hangers without securing his safety harness.
IMCA SF 02/06. Themes: control of work, personal protective equipment, slips, trips and falls, working at height.