Safety Flash
Pipe handling frame incident during diving operation
Pipe handling frame incident during diving operation
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 09/04
- Control of WorkDivingLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Human factorsLine of fire
- Diving operationsLifting operations
- Crane
- Operational supervisionSafety communicationSimultaneous operations coordination
- Marine industry
- SubseaVessel
Summary
A diver contacted a pipe handling frame that had settled partly on a pipeline and the seabed during barge crane operations and a shift change. No injury or pipeline damage was reported. The flash discusses intermittent transponder signals, communication failures and the supervisor’s failure to verify the frame’s position before deploying the diver.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A diver encountered a descending pipe handling frame after inadequate position verification and communication during a shift change.
IMCA SF 09/04. Themes: control of work, diving, lifting operations, line of fire.