Safety Flash
US Coast Guard: Wire rope terminations
US Coast Guard: Wire rope terminations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/21
- Crane and RiggingInspection and MaintenanceLifting Operations
- Mechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Wire rope
- Pre-use checks
- Marine industry
Summary
This flash summarises a US Coast Guard alert following a wire rope termination failure that damaged equipment. It discusses improper swaging, material selection and termination effects on safe working load. Recommendations cover visual examination, dimensional checks, manufacturing documentation and competent inspection before use, with attention to incorrect crimping dies.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Summary
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has issued Marine Safety Alert 04-21 relating to wire rope terminations. The Safety Alert addresses the importance of verifying the condition and manufacturing of wire rope terminations used in various systems that utilise wire rope in a load-handling capacity (e.g. lifesaving appliances, cranes, lifting slings)
IMCA SF 22/21. Themes: crane and rigging, inspection and maintenance, lifting operations.