Safety Flash
Fall Protection – Defective Safety Harness
Fall Protection – Defective Safety Harness
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/24
- Inspection and MaintenancePersonal Protective EquipmentWorking at Height
- Mechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- Fall protection equipment
- Competence and trainingPre-use checksStop-work authority
- Vessel
Summary
A technician noticed an abnormality in a safety harness during vessel back-deck equipment recovery, prompting an immediate stop. Inspection revealed defects around the plastic back pad. The flash discusses inspection competence, missing evidence of pre-use checks, maintenance and storage shortcomings, and actions covering visual inspection, equipment registers and unserviceable harnesses.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Several points of failure were identified on and around the area of the plastic back pad of a harness.
IMCA SF 03/24. Themes: inspection and maintenance, personal protective equipment, working at height.