Safety Flash
Unprotected openings in floor grating – work stopped
Unprotected openings in floor grating – work stopped
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 24/23
- Control of WorkPermit to WorkWorking at Height
- Falls from height
- Working at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Exclusion zonesOperational supervisionPermit to workStop-work authority
Summary
Grating removal on a horizontal lay system exposed an opening through which someone could have fallen. Work was stopped without injury or dropped objects. The flash identifies underestimated height risks, absent work authorisation and unclear instructions, and describes supervision improvements and assessment of accessible lifting points to avoid removing grating.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
Two workers removed grating panels at height on a horizontal lay system, in order to gain access to lift points for further removal of a lateral walkway section. The removed grating created an open hole with the likelihood that someone could have fallen through it.
IMCA SF 24/23. Themes: control of work, permit to work, working at height.