Safety Flash
Pipeline End Manifold yoke dropped from 45° position
Pipeline End Manifold yoke dropped from 45° position
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/24
- Crane and RiggingLifting OperationsLine of FireManagement of Change
- Dropped objectsLine of fireMechanical failure
- Rigging
- Management of changePositive retention and reliable securingRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel rigging team released one restraint while adjusting a pipeline end manifold yoke held at 45°, causing the opposite cargo strap to fail and the yoke to fall horizontally. Two nearby workers were uninjured. Learning addresses unsuitable straps, engineered securing, task risk assessment and management of change.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
During adjustment of the yoke securing arrangement for a PLEM (Pipe Line End Manifold), the cargo strap failed resulting in the yoke falling and landing in its horizontal resting position.
IMCA SF 05/24. Themes: crane and rigging, lifting operations, line of fire, management of change.