Safety Flash
Dropped fluorescent light tube
Dropped fluorescent light tube
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/14
- Dropped ObjectsWorking at Height
- Dropped objects
- Electrical workWorking at height
- Positive retention and reliable securingRisk assessment
Summary
During lighting replacement in an onshore office, an unsecured fluorescent tube rolled off a cabinet and shattered on the ground while a worker climbed a ladder. Nobody was injured. The flash identifies inadequate risk assessment and describes adapting transport trolleys to store and secure tubes and maintenance supplies.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Electrical work; electrical maintenance.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Summary
A fluorescent tube fell from a cabinet while lighting maintenance was being carried out.
IMCA SF 03/14. Themes: dropped objects, working at height.