Safety Flash
Fall from height – LTI
Fall from height – LTI
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/17
- Permit to WorkSlips, Trips and FallsWorking at Height
- Falls from heightSlips, trips and falls
- Lifting operationsWorking at height
- Fall preventionPermit to workRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A supervisor fell 7 m through deck hatches while crew lifted equipment aboard a vessel alongside. Injuries required surgery and prolonged rehabilitation. The flash examines inadequate portable barriers, trip hazards and a generic permit to work, highlighting barrier review and task-specific permitting, with checklists suggested to help address planning lapses.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A supervisor fell 7 metres through an upper deck hatch on a vessel alongside, suffering injuries that required surgery and physiotherapy and several months away from work.
IMCA SF 17/17. Themes: permit to work, slips, trips and falls, working at height.