Safety Flash
Dropped object – wooden packing block
Dropped object – wooden packing block
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/24
- Dropped ObjectsLifting Operations
- Dropped objectsHuman factors
- Exclusion zones
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Summary
During pipelaying, a wooden packing block weighing approximately 1 kg travelled with the pipe into the tower, then fell more than 10 m onto a workstation floor without injury. The flash examines inadequate dropped-object barriers and pipe-deflection gaps, recommending suitable barrier design and personnel separation while warning against risk normalisation.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Summary
During pipelaying operations, a wooden packing block detached from a pipe and fell 10m.
IMCA SF 22/24. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations.