Safety Flash
MSF: three potential near misses during cargo operations
MSF: three potential near misses during cargo operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 13/18
- Dropped ObjectsLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Dropped objectsLine of fire
- Cargo transferLifting operations
- Hand tools
- Positive retention and reliable securing
- Marine industry
- Offshore installationVessel
Summary
Three MSF cargo-operation near misses concern a tool left on a container after a fire drill and two instances of wave-driven deck cargo movement. The accounts highlight a failed post-work inspection, cargo not re-secured after leaving a platform’s 500 m zone, and a crew member positioned unsafely near shifting containers.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Three cargo-operation near misses involved an unsecured tool, shifting deck cargo and personnel positioned near moving containers.
IMCA SF 13/18. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations, line of fire.