Safety Flash
Man overboard: personnel transfers by swing rope and personnel basket
Man overboard: personnel transfers by swing rope and personnel basket
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 14/18
- Marine OperationsWorking at Height
- Drowning
- Personnel transfer
- Pre-use checksSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Marine watersOffshore installationVessel
Summary
This flash summarises BSEE findings on swing-rope and personnel-basket transfers, including a Gulf of Mexico fall into the sea followed by swift recovery and an elbow injury requiring surgery. Recommendations address hardware inspection and testing, alert review, conditions and stop-work authority, with consideration of fitness-for-duty requirements.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Personnel transfer incidents involving swing ropes and baskets resulted in a person falling into the sea and suffering injury.
IMCA SF 14/18. Themes: marine operations, working at height.