Safety Flash
Unsafe lifting operations
Unsafe lifting operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 28/20
- Crane and RiggingLifting OperationsLine of FireSimultaneous Operations
- Line of fire
- Cargo transferLifting operations
- Lifting accessoriesScaffold
- Lifting planPre-use checksSimultaneous operations coordinationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
Two vessel lifting interventions concern a winch frame beneath scaffolding being dismantled and a metal structure offered for loading without available lifting certificates. The flash discusses conflicting activities, an unsafe partial-lifting and rolling method, weather-related haste, lift planning, equipment colour coding and checks before and after work.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Scaffold; scaffolding.
Classifications: Lifting plan; lift planning.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A Member reports two incidences of unsafe lifting, which are worthy of note.
IMCA SF 28/20. Themes: crane and rigging, lifting operations, line of fire, simultaneous operations.