IMCASafety Flash
MSF: Potential dropped objects – nets or tarps to cover cargo?
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 20/20
- Date
- Themes
- Dropped ObjectsLifting OperationsLine of FireManual Handling
Summary
Marine Safety Forum Safety Alert 20-04 describes a potential dropped object (PDO) during cargo operations. A wooden baton of the type often used to support covers attached to open topped Cargo Carrying Units (CCUs), was discovered jammed against the underside of a cargo basket.
IMCA SF 20/20. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations, line of fire, manual handling.
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