Safety Flash
Fall from height during mooring due to rope tension reaction
Fall from height during mooring due to rope tension reaction
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/26
- Line of FireVessel and MooringWorking at Height
- EntanglementFalls from heightLine of fire
- Mooring operations
- Mooring linesRotating machinery
- Exclusion zonesFall preventionSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Port and quayside
Summary
A tanker’s propeller caught a mooring rope, loading a jetty dolphin platform until the line parted. The platform recoiled and a kneeling worker fell onto a lower platform about 1.8 metres below, sustaining minor scratches. The flash examines barrier design, body positioning, communication and keeping clear of tensioned lines.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
Rope became entangled with the propellor during mooring operations of a tanker causing the operator to lose balance and fall onto the lower platform.
IMCA SF 03/26. Themes: line of fire, vessel and mooring, working at height.