Safety Flash
BSEE: Failure to identify and restrict access to faulty gratings
BSEE: Failure to identify and restrict access to faulty gratings
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 10/25
- CorrosionSlips, Trips and FallsStructural and Asset Integrity
- CorrosionStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Exclusion zonesFall preventionSafety communication
Summary
A worker installing a pump supported himself on nearby piping when corroded grating beneath scaffolding boards failed. Previously installed barricades had been removed to allow work. The flash highlights checks on surface integrity, protection of openings and clear expectations for rigid barricades restricting access to unsafe areas.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Summary
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement of the United States (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 496.
IMCA SF 10/25. Themes: corrosion, slips, trips and falls, structural and asset integrity.