Safety Flash
Near miss: Diver's umbilical drawn beneath a load
Near miss: Diver's umbilical drawn beneath a load
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/22
- DivingLifting Operations
- Line of fire
- Diving operationsLifting operationsRigging
- CraneDiver umbilical
- Risk assessment
- Subsea
Summary
A diver’s umbilical was drawn beneath a GRP cover by suction during rigging hook-up. Vessel heave unexpectedly lifted the cover while crane active heave compensation was in use. The soft seabed prevented damage, with no service interruption or injuries. The risk assessment had not identified this umbilical movement hazard.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Diver umbilical; diving umbilical.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Summary
Suction from a large glass-reinforced plastic cover during lifting resulted in a diver’s umbilical being drawn beneath the load.
IMCA SF 03/22. Themes: diving, lifting operations.