Safety Flash
Person injured when leg slipped through floor hatch
Person injured when leg slipped through floor hatch
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/20
- Inspection and MaintenanceSlips, Trips and FallsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Slips, trips and fallsStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Preventive maintenance
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
An engine-room inspection resulted in a left-shin cut of about 3 cm when a person slipped through a loose floor hatch plate. The flash identifies failed screw connections and missing hatch-support inspections. Actions included replacing screws with bolts, checking other connections, adding warning markings and incorporating periodic inspections into planned maintenance.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
During routine inspection of an engine room, someone slipped through a loose floor hatch plate and sustained a cut wound about 3 cm on the shin of his left leg.
IMCA SF 22/20. Themes: inspection and maintenance, slips, trips and falls, structural and asset integrity.