Safety Flash
BSEE: Person injured when safety mechanisms failed
BSEE: Person injured when safety mechanisms failed
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 10/23
- Inspection and MaintenanceLine of FirePressure Systems
- CorrosionLine of fireMechanical failurePressure systems
- Inspection and maintenance
- HoseValveWire rope
- Energy and process isolationPositive retention and reliable securingPre-use checks
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore sandblasting worker sustained head and shoulder injuries when a T-connection detached and a whip check failed. The flash discusses improper cable crimping, slightly corroded baling wire and stresses from horizontal hose positioning. Recommendations address additional securing, fitting orientation, pre-job inspection and depressurisation before valve adjustment where practical.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 455 relating to an incident in which a third-party contract operator sandblasting offshore was injured when a temporary air dryer used for sandblasting operations recoiled and broke the safety cable.
IMCA SF 10/23. Themes: inspection and maintenance, line of fire, pressure systems.