Safety Flash
Dropped object: Dislodged flex-joint laydown tool component
Dropped object: Dislodged flex-joint laydown tool component
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 32/21
- Dropped ObjectsLifting OperationsLine of FireManagement of Change
- Dropped objects
- Manual handling
- Crane
- Management of changeOperating and work proceduresRisk assessmentStop-work authority
Summary
An 85 kg load-ring half plate fell about 1.8 m to deck during flex-joint laydown-tool removal on a tilted J-Lay Tower. Nobody was injured. Manual removal replaced the approved crane-assisted method without risk assessment. The flash emphasises procedural compliance, management of change and stopping work when uncertain.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Summary
A heavy laydown-tool component fell onto deck after riggers manually deviated from the manufacturer’s removal procedure.
IMCA SF 32/21. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations, line of fire, management of change.