Safety Flash
MSF: Near miss – potential dropped object found on bundle of casing
MSF: Near miss – potential dropped object found on bundle of casing
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/21
- Dropped ObjectsLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Dropped objects
- Cargo transferLifting operations
- Stop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A near miss during casing offloading from a supply vessel involved a 1.4 kg hook left on a bundle. The crew lowered the load and stopped work. The defective cargo-securing hook had not been quarantined; the flash identifies insufficient pre-lift checks, procedural failures and inadequate supervision and training.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The Marine Safety Forum has published Safety Alert 20-11 relating to a potential dropped object in a load; the near miss occurred during offloading of casing from a supply vessel
IMCA SF 05/21. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations, line of fire.