Safety Flash
Medical treatment: Person fell down unprotected hatch
Medical treatment: Person fell down unprotected hatch
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 27/16
- Control of WorkSimultaneous OperationsWorking at Height
- Falls from height
- Fall preventionSafety communicationSimultaneous operations coordination
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A shore-side foreman stepped into an open manhole in a supply vessel’s safe haven area. He caught himself, preventing a free fall of 5 m, but sustained shin and forearm injuries. The flash identifies missing barriers and poorly coordinated simultaneous activities, with corrective actions involving gratings and toolbox talks.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A worker caught himself at an unprotected hatch but suffered leg and forearm injuries, exposing weaknesses in barriers and coordination.
IMCA SF 27/16. Themes: control of work, simultaneous operations, working at height.