Safety Flash
Fatal injury during lifting operations – Maersk Interceptor
Fatal injury during lifting operations – Maersk Interceptor
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 29/18
- Competence and TrainingCrane and RiggingLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Dropped objectsDrowningLine of fireMechanical failure
- Lifting operationsRigging
- Lifting accessories
- Offshore installation
Summary
This safety flash summarises a fatal lifting incident on Maersk Interceptor during seawater pump installation. An overloaded steel sling broke, allowing the pump to fall and its attached power cable to strike two workers. One fell into the sea and died; the other suffered serious injuries.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
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: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
An overloaded sling parted while installing a seawater pump, striking workers and causing one fatality.
IMCA SF 29/18. Themes: competence and training, crane and rigging, lifting operations, line of fire.