IMCASafety Flash
Winch drum failure: Deep water operations
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 02/09
- Date
- Themes
- Crane and RiggingLifting OperationsStructural and Asset Integrity
Summary
Following an incident which involved the failure of the structure of a winch drum in a new lifting system with a load suspended at over 2,000 metres water depth on a recovery operation, A member’s investigations have indicated that the loading model used in the design of the winch drum was potentially deficient.
IMCA SF 02/09. Themes: crane and rigging, lifting operations, structural and asset integrity.
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