Safety Flash
NOPSEMA: Person injured in chain hoist incident
NOPSEMA: Person injured in chain hoist incident
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 23/21
- Inspection and MaintenanceLifting OperationsMachinery and EquipmentManagement of Change
- Dropped objectsMechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenanceLifting operations
- Competence and trainingLifting planManagement of changePreventive maintenance
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore lifting incident injured one worker when a monorail hoist dropped a 500 kg piping spool, including ancillaries. NOPSEMA’s preliminary findings identified unsuitable end stops and trolley width, modification outside change management, and failure to follow the lift plan. Recommendations address competent inspection, equipment selection and restrictions on non-vertical lifting.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Lifting plan; lift planning.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) of Australia has published Safety Alert #73 relating to an incident on an offshore facility where members of the workforce were impacted during a lifting operation. One member of the workforce was injured and transferred onshore for medical treatment.
IMCA SF 23/21. Themes: inspection and maintenance, lifting operations, machinery and equipment, management of change.