Safety Flash
Fall from height during yard visit
Fall from height during yard visit
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/17
- Contractor ManagementLeadership and CulturePersonal Protective EquipmentWorking at Height
- Falls from heightHuman factorsLeadership and safety culture
- Manual handlingWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Contractor managementJob safety analysisOperational supervisionSafety communication
- Marine industry
Summary
A yard worker fell 4 m while helping manually lower grating through a deck opening, fracturing his right ankle. His fall arrester was not anchored. The flash examines team organisation, language barriers, unused taglines and absent task-specific analysis, emphasising closer yard oversight and executive commitment to safety culture.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Summary
A yard worker fell 4 m from the main deck to a mezzanine deck, suffering a compression fracture in his right ankle.
IMCA SF 17/17. Themes: contractor management, leadership and culture, personal protective equipment, working at height.