Safety Flash
Umbilical support frame made contact with passing vehicle on public road
Umbilical support frame made contact with passing vehicle on public road
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/26
- Contractor ManagementVehicles and Driving
- Dropped objects
- Vehicles and driving
- Contractor managementOperating and work proceduresPositive retention and reliable securingSafety communication
Summary
An umbilical support frame wing dropped during public-road transport and struck a passing vehicle. The flash identifies missing transport brackets, assumptions about retaining pins and absent securing instructions. Actions address drawing conformity, equipment marking, mobilisation and de-mobilisation verification, planning meetings and clear instructions for those moving specialist equipment.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Summary
Whilst travelling, a contractor transporting umbilical support frames (USFs) made contact with a passing vehicle as one of the frames dropped down.
IMCA SF 02/26. Themes: contractor management, vehicles and driving.