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High potential near-miss: Incorrectly secured overhead equipment

Publisher
IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
Type
Safety Flash
Reference
IMCA SF 11/17
Date
Themes
Dropped ObjectsInspection and MaintenanceWorking at Height

Summary

During operations, it was observed that the connecting shackle pins on two separate items of overhead equipment (fall arrest inertia reels) were loose and could have become detached. Had any of this equipment fallen, it could have struck someone underneath with potentially fatal consequences.

IMCA SF 11/17. Themes: dropped objects, inspection and maintenance, working at height.

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