Safety Flash
Worker trapped and injured by reversing vehicle
Worker trapped and injured by reversing vehicle
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/17
- Line of FireVehicles and Driving
- Crushing and pinch pointsLine of fireSlips, trips and falls
- Vehicles and driving
- Crane
- Safety communicationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Onshore facility
Summary
A spotter at a land-based seismic survey camp injured his right wrist when trapped between a reversing mobile crane’s extended outrigger and a well house. He lost balance in snow, while the operator continued after losing visual contact. The flash recommends clear communication protocols and stopping when visual or verbal contact is lost.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Onshore facility; onshore plant.
Summary
An IOGP safety alert recounts how, at a land-based seismic survey camp, a worker was trapped and injured when a reversing vehicle did not stop.
IMCA SF 22/17. Themes: line of fire, vehicles and driving.