Safety Flash
Near-miss: Dropped handrail/gate near moonpool
Near-miss: Dropped handrail/gate near moonpool
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 04/13
- Dropped ObjectsHuman FactorsLifting Operations
- Dropped objectsHuman factors
- Lifting operations
- Winch
- Operational supervisionPositive retention and reliable securingSafety communicationStop-work authority
Summary
A handrail gate fell 4.5 m to the deck after a lifting mandrel and wire caught its lower bar during winch tensioning. Nobody was injured. The flash examines limited visibility, inadequate supervision and communication, failure to call All Stop, and absent secondary retention, alongside gate redesign and checks for clashes.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
A member has reported an incident in which a handrail gate was dislodged from its retaining points and fell 4.5m to the deck.
IMCA SF 04/13. Themes: dropped objects, human factors, lifting operations.