Safety Flash
Near-miss: Dropped steel plate
Near-miss: Dropped steel plate
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 34/16
- Contractor ManagementCrane and RiggingDropped ObjectsLifting Operations
- Dropped objects
- Inspection and maintenanceLifting operations
- Crane
- Contractor managementOperating and work proceduresOperational supervisionPreventive maintenance
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A sea-fastening dog plate fell from a vessel’s crane boom rest during preparations to recover a seabed work basket, striking an access platform before falling a further 4.82 m to deck. The flash identifies inadequate inspection and scaffold-crew oversight, recommending accessible boom-rest inspections, planned maintenance instructions and contractor completion checks.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A steel plate fell from a crane boom rest during preparation for recovering a seabed work basket.
IMCA SF 34/16. Themes: contractor management, crane and rigging, dropped objects, lifting operations.