Safety Flash
Failure of A-frame fold-down platform
Failure of A-frame fold-down platform
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/26
- Inspection and MaintenanceManagement of ChangeStructural and Asset IntegrityWorking at Height
- CorrosionDropped objectsFalls from heightMechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenanceWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Management of changePositive retention and reliable securingPreventive maintenance
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A hinged A-frame platform failed during sheave-block load checks aboard a vessel alongside for mobilisation, leaving a crew member suspended in their harness with minor injuries. The flash identifies missing cotter pins, hinge design flaws and galvanic corrosion, alongside omitted change management, scheduled maintenance and platform inspections.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
An A-frame fold-down platform failed leaving a crew member suspended by their safety harness.
IMCA SF 05/26. Themes: inspection and maintenance, management of change, structural and asset integrity, working at height.