Safety Flash
Serious LTI – Person struck in rigging accident
Serious LTI – Person struck in rigging accident
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 25/23
- Crane and RiggingHuman FactorsLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Dropped objectsHuman factorsLine of fire
- Lifting operationsRigging
- Lifting accessories
- Human-centred designOperating and work proceduresSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A rigger suffered multiple serious injuries when rigging fell from a hatch cover during vessel loading. The flash examines oversized rigging, misleading drawings, missed radio instructions and fast thinking. Lessons address crew-aware design, positive confirmation of communications and end-user involvement in developing procedures.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Human-centred design.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
During loading of subsea hatch covers onto a vessel, a member of the rigging crew was struck and badly injured by a 55 Te shackle connected to a steel wire sling and fibre lifting sling, which formed part of the lifting arrangement used to lift the covers.
IMCA SF 25/23. Themes: crane and rigging, human factors, lifting operations, line of fire.