Safety Flash
Hydraulic hose failure caused collapse of heavy haulage trailer
Hydraulic hose failure caused collapse of heavy haulage trailer
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 11/14
- Inspection and MaintenanceMachinery and EquipmentVehicles and Driving
- Mechanical failurePressure systems
- Inspection and maintenanceVehicles and driving
- Hose
- Pre-use checksPreventive maintenanceRisk assessment
- Port and quayside
Summary
A hydraulic hose burst while a heavy haulage trailer carried a 157t suction pile along a quayside, causing the trailer to list and the pile saddles to contact concrete. Cranes stabilised and relocated the load. The flash discusses inaccessible hoses, maintenance planning, failure assessment and consideration of pre-use pressure checks.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
A burst hydraulic hose caused a heavy haulage trailer to list and lower its load toward the quay.
IMCA SF 11/14. Themes: inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment, vehicles and driving.