Safety Flash
LTI: Fall from height during FRC maintenance
LTI: Fall from height during FRC maintenance
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/25
- Control of WorkWorking at Height
- Falls from height
- Inspection and maintenanceLifting operationsWorking at height
- Fall protection equipmentRescue craft
- Operational supervisionRisk assessmentSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A mechanic reinstalling a fast rescue boat engine on a laid-up vessel lost balance while standing on a cable-covering pipe and fell 2.33 m to the main deck, fracturing his left leg. The flash identifies absent fall protection, risk assessment, toolbox discussion and supervision, and stresses planning and stop-work authority.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Rescue craft; fast rescue craft; FRC; fast rescue boat; FRB.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A worker fell 2.3 m to deck from a small boat in the davit, and broke a leg as a result.
IMCA SF 03/25. Themes: control of work, working at height.