Safety Flash
Maintenance and painting – two incidents
Maintenance and painting – two incidents
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 11/22
- Crane and RiggingInspection and Maintenance
- Dropped objectsMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenanceLifting operations
- CraneLifeboat
- Alarm managementFunctional testingNon-destructive testing
Summary
Two maintenance-related incidents involved a lifeboat brake mechanism and a crane high-hook alarm. Paint restricted moving components; a broken shackle affected lifeboat braking, while the crane hook block struck sheaves. Neither incident caused injury. Actions include post-maintenance operational checks, alarm testing, crane movement monitoring and dye penetration inspection.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Non-destructive testing; NDT; non-destructive examination; NDE.
Summary
A member reports two incidents in which something went wrong owing to failures in the maintenance process.
IMCA SF 11/22. Themes: crane and rigging, inspection and maintenance.