Safety Flash
LTI: person suffered serious crush injuries
LTI: person suffered serious crush injuries
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 27/22
- Control of WorkHuman FactorsLeadership and CultureLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsHuman factorsLeadership and safety cultureLearning from incidents
- Drilling
- Operating and work proceduresRisk assessmentSafety communicationStop-work authority
Summary
An offshore drilling assistant suffered serious crush injuries after leaning between guard railings and becoming trapped between a compensator carriage and rooster box. The flash identifies shortcomings in supervision, procedures, hazard assessment, communication and application of previous lessons, and highlights stop-work intervention and respect for safety barriers.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Learning from incidents; incident learning; lessons learnt; lessons learned.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
A worker was crushed between moving drilling equipment after unsafe behaviour, weak supervision, inadequate procedures and ineffective communication were not challenged.
IMCA SF 27/22. Themes: control of work, human factors, leadership and culture, line of fire.