Safety Flash
Stay in the right place – the importance of personal positioning
Stay in the right place – the importance of personal positioning
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 21/25
- Lifting OperationsLine of FireVessel and Mooring
- Line of fire
- Lifting operationsMooring operations
- Hand tools
- Exclusion zonesFall preventionSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
Two events illustrate unsafe personal positioning: a seafarer approached a deck edge during berthing to improve visibility, and workers pushed a suspended load during lifting alongside. The flash discusses communication, barriers, hands-free lifting tools, keeping outside load impact zones, clear decks and stopping unsafe work.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A member reports two dissimilar events, both of which highlight the importance of ensuring you are not in the wrong place.
IMCA SF 21/25. Themes: lifting operations, line of fire, vessel and mooring.