Safety Flash
Leg entanglement from tag line during cargo operations
Leg entanglement from tag line during cargo operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 20/20
- Human FactorsLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- EntanglementHuman factorsLine of fire
- Cargo transferLifting operations
- Exclusion zonesRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A safety flash describes an AB’s leg becoming entangled in a tag line as a container was lifted from a vessel alongside a rig. Another AB radioed for the load to be lowered. The account identifies limited situational awareness and omission of clear-deck policy from the cargo-operation risk assessment.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
An AB got his leg entangled with a tag line during lifting operations, while a vessel was alongside a rig offloading cargo
IMCA SF 20/20. Themes: human factors, lifting operations, line of fire.