Safety Flash
Near-miss: Potential fall when TMS protection gate came loose
Near-miss: Potential fall when TMS protection gate came loose
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 09/12
- Inspection and MaintenanceMachinery and EquipmentWorking at Height
- Dropped objectsFalls from heightMechanical failure
- Working at height
- Remotely operated vehicle
- Positive retention and reliable securing
Summary
A TMS protection gate became dislodged as crew used its cut-out holds while working atop an ROV. Personnel held a load-bearing post; harnesses and fall arrestors were in use. No injury or equipment damage occurred. The flash encourages checking top-pin security and immediate replacement where downward force dislodges pins.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Remotely operated vehicle; ROV; underwater robot.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Summary
An ROV protection gate became dislodged while personnel worked on top of the vehicle, creating a fall hazard despite fall-arrest controls.
IMCA SF 09/12. Themes: inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment, working at height.