Safety Flash
Line of fire near miss during lifting operations
Line of fire near miss during lifting operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 29/23
- Lifting OperationsLine of FireManagement of Change
- Human factorsLine of fire
- Lifting operations
- Exclusion zonesManagement of change
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A banksman narrowly avoided a structure being landed on a vessel’s back deck; an adjacent container was damaged. Inadequately spaced bumper bars allowed load rotation and were wrongly relied upon for personnel protection. The flash discusses exclusion zones, unassessed changes and differences between planned and actual work.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A member of the deck crew put themselves in the line of fire during landing of a structure on the back deck of a vessel.
IMCA SF 29/23. Themes: lifting operations, line of fire, management of change.