Safety Flash
LTI – Fall from height
LTI – Fall from height
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 20/19
- Contractor ManagementControl of WorkWorking at Height
- Falls from heightLeadership and safety culture
- Electrical workWorking at height
- Fall protection equipmentNavigation and positioning equipment
- Contractor managementPermit to workSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A subcontracted service engineer returned to a vessel mast to retrieve tools without fall protection. During final radar testing, the rotating antenna struck him, causing a fall onto a lifeboat roof and multiple fractures. The flash highlights communication failures, subcontractor oversight, job preparation and safety culture.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Electrical work; electrical maintenance.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Navigation and positioning equipment; ECDIS; AIS; chart plotters.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A subcontractor fell from a vessel mast after returning without fall protection while radar testing resumed.
IMCA SF 20/19. Themes: contractor management, control of work, working at height.