Safety Flash
More than a dropped object – The need for vigilance during cargo operations
More than a dropped object – The need for vigilance during cargo operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 10/17
- Dropped ObjectsLifting OperationsVehicles and Driving
- Dropped objectsLine of fire
- Cargo transferLifting operationsVehicles and driving
- Exclusion zonesPositive retention and reliable securingPre-use checks
Summary
A safety flash describes a 15 kg object penetrating a car windscreen near a port, narrowly missing a mother and child. It was thought to have been left on a container returning from offshore. Recommendations address pre-transportation checks, secure loads, separation from lifts and reporting dropped or potentially dropped objects.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Summary
UK Step Change in Safety has published a ‘Safety Moment’ describing an incident in which a car travelling along a road near a port was struck by an object.
IMCA SF 10/17. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations, vehicles and driving.