Safety Flash
UK HSE: fall from height injury at container port
UK HSE: fall from height injury at container port
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 19/24
- Permit to WorkSimultaneous OperationsWorking at Height
- Falls from height
- Inspection and maintenanceWorking at height
- Contractor managementPermit to workRisk assessmentSimultaneous operations coordination
- Port and quayside
Summary
A worker undertaking routine maintenance at a container port fell over 10 metres through an opening in a straddle carrier cab, sustaining serious injuries. Contractors had removed the glass floor for replacement. The flash highlights failures in simultaneous-work coordination, risk assessment and implementation of the employer’s working-at-height permit policy.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a logistics company after a worker fell over 10 metres.
IMCA SF 19/24. Themes: permit to work, simultaneous operations, working at height.