Safety Flash
High-potential incident: Person struck by Yokohama fender
High-potential incident: Person struck by Yokohama fender
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/23
- Lifting OperationsLine of FireVessel and Mooring
- Crushing and pinch pointsHuman factorsLine of fire
- Lifting operations
- Risk assessmentStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
A crewman was injured when a Yokohama fender pivoted during lifting aboard a vessel in harbour, trapping him against a bumper bar frame while he released sea fastenings. The flash identifies gaps in task planning and risk assessment, and describes reviews of fender storage, personnel positioning and stop-work expectations.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
While a Yokohama fender was being lifted onboard a vessel in harbour, a crewman came within the line of fire between the fender and bumper bars protecting an electrical services panel; he was struck and injured as the fender moved
IMCA SF 05/23. Themes: lifting operations, line of fire, vessel and mooring.