Safety Flash
Heaving line snap-back causes injury
Heaving line snap-back causes injury
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 08/26
- Line of FirePersonal Protective EquipmentVessel and Mooring
- Mooring line snapbackSlips, trips and falls
- Mooring operations
- Mooring linesPersonal protective equipment
- Operational supervisionPre-use checksSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Port and quayside
Summary
A tensioned heaving line broke during berthing, causing quayside workers to fall. One suffered a head impact after an unsecured helmet chin strap allowed the helmet to shift. The flash identifies missing inspections, congestion and inadequate supervision, and recommends line checks, safer positioning and stopping unsafe work.
Classifications: Mooring line snapback; snap-back; snapback; mooring line recoil.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
During a berthing operation, a heaving line under tension snapped while being handled by the mooring team on the quay.
IMCA SF 08/26. Themes: line of fire, personal protective equipment, vessel and mooring.