Safety Flash
Load fell from trailer after it was inadequately secured
Load fell from trailer after it was inadequately secured
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 09/18
- Dropped ObjectsLifting OperationsVehicles and Driving
- Dropped objectsEntanglement
- Vehicles and driving
- Positive retention and reliable securingSafety communication
- Port and quayside
Summary
A trailer load fell onto a port road after a loose lashing end caught in the tractor unit wheels and broke the strap. The flash examines inadequate securing, an unstable winch and unsuitable pallet, and recommends securing loads before movement and discussing loading arrangements with the driver.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
Equipment fell from a trailer when an inadequately secured load and loose lashing became entangled with the tractor unit.
IMCA SF 09/18. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations, vehicles and driving.