Safety Flash
Near-miss incidents during personnel transfer to offshore renewable energy installations
Near-miss incidents during personnel transfer to offshore renewable energy installations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 06/14
- Management of ChangeMarine OperationsSlips, Trips and FallsWorking at Height
- Slips, trips and falls
- Personnel transfer
- Fall protection equipmentLadder
- Operating and work proceduresSafety communication
- Offshore wind
- Vessel
Summary
Three near misses during workboat transfers to offshore wind turbines involved marine growth exposed by exceptionally low tides and bow slippage during an unexpected wave trough. The flash describes ineffective ladder scraping, revised cleaning methods and transfer procedures addressing fall-arrest tag-line slack and the Master's responsibility for wave monitoring and crew warnings.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Offshore wind; offshore wind energy.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Marine growth, wave movement and procedural weaknesses created several near misses during transfers between workboats and wind turbines.
IMCA SF 06/14. Themes: management of change, marine operations, slips, trips and falls, working at height.