Safety Flash
Fall through open hatch in walkway
Fall through open hatch in walkway
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 08/08
- Control of WorkManagement of ChangeSlips, Trips and FallsWorking at Height
- Falls from heightRisk management
- Inspection and maintenance
- Ladder
- Fall preventionManagement of changeRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew member inspecting HVAC ducts aboard an offshore construction vessel fell through an open walkway hatch after raising a safety barrier, sustaining minor injuries. The flash highlights omitted risk assessment and change management, relocation of ladder access, welding the hatch shut, and reminders to barricade open hatchways.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member fell through an unbarricaded open hatch, highlighting inadequate change assessment and controls for altered access arrangements.
IMCA SF 08/08. Themes: control of work, management of change, slips, trips and falls, working at height.