Safety Flash
Fatality: Crew member crushed between TMS and snubber ring
Fatality: Crew member crushed between TMS and snubber ring
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 25/17
- Inspection and MaintenanceIsolationLine of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch points
- Inspection and maintenance
- Remotely operated vehicle
- Energy and process isolationOperating and work proceduresRisk assessment
Summary
An ROV crew member suffered fatal injuries after becoming trapped between a tether management system and snubber ring during maintenance. With the investigation ongoing, the flash emphasises risk assessment, documented work instructions, equipment isolation and removing personnel from danger zones when activation is necessary for maintenance.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Remotely operated vehicle; ROV; underwater robot.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Summary
During a maintenance operation, a member of an ROV crew sustained fatal injuries when he was trapped between the top of the tether management system (TMS) and the snubber ring.
IMCA SF 25/17. Themes: inspection and maintenance, isolation, line of fire, machinery and equipment.