Safety Flash
Worker fell from height and suffered life changing injuries
Worker fell from height and suffered life changing injuries
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 12/20
- Working at Height
- Falls from heightSlips, trips and falls
- Cargo transferWorking at height
- Fall prevention
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A stevedore unloading a merchant vessel at Hull fell 3.4 metres into its hold and was paralysed from the waist down. His jacket snagged on an eyebolt while he stepped across a walkway’s ladder gap. The flash describes customary gap-crossing and highlights planning effective fall-prevention measures.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A worker was paralysed from the waist down when he fell 3.4 metres to the bottom of a ships hold
IMCA SF 12/20. Themes: working at height.