Safety Flash
Failed lifting equipment: fatality during pipe erection activities
Failed lifting equipment: fatality during pipe erection activities
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 25/21
- Crane and RiggingInspection and MaintenanceLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Dropped objectsLine of fireMechanical failure
- Lifting operationsRigging
- Lifting accessoriesWire rope
- Downstream and process industries
Summary
This safety flash describes a fatal incident at an oil refinery during pipe erection using two wire rope pulling hoists and pulleys. A pulley broke while the pipe was being lifted, allowing the rope and pipe to fall. The rope struck a worker on scaffolding, who later died in hospital.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Downstream and process industries; refining; petrochemicals.
Summary
A Member passes us information relating to a non-IMCA fatality at an oil refinery. Lifting equipment failed and a wire rope hit a crew member, causing injuries which proved fatal.
IMCA SF 25/21. Themes: crane and rigging, inspection and maintenance, lifting operations, line of fire.