Safety Flash
LTI: Engineer injured following engine room slip/trip
LTI: Engineer injured following engine room slip/trip
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/19
- Contractor ManagementSlips, Trips and FallsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Slips, trips and fallsStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Personal protective equipment
- Contractor managementOperational supervisionPermit to workRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
An engineer suffered an abdominal laceration when an unsecured engine-room floor plate slid and flipped during dry docking. The flash examines incomplete maintenance handback, unaddressed hazards, inadequate protective clothing and contractor oversight. Actions included fitting plate stoppers, bolting loose plates and revising inspections and risk assessment.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
An engineer was injured when an unsecured floor plate moved during a dry-dock period.
IMCA SF 03/19. Themes: contractor management, slips, trips and falls, structural and asset integrity.