IMCASF - Oct 16
IMCASF - Oct 16
IMCASF - Oct 16
These flashes summarise key safety matters and incidents, allowing wider dissemination of lessons learnt from them. The information below has been
provided in good faith by members and should be reviewed individually by recipients, who will determine its relevance to their own operations.
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Association or its members.
The fourth part of this safety flash deals with the product recall of certain working at height equipment, reproduced
by permission of the manufacturer.
2 Near Miss: Person Almost Fell from Height During Anchor Chain Preparations
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the following safety alert regarding a near miss during preparation
to load anchor chain into a moon pool chain locker. One person almost fell into the chain locker. The hatch cover
had been temporarily removed before the installation of the chain guide. The hatch had an opening of 155cm x
85cm. The depth of the locker was approximately 10m and there was 1–1.5m of water at the bottom.
The person fell backwards, with the upper part of his body towards the opening of the hatch. He managed to turn
slightly over to his right side and grab onto the edge around the hatch opening with both hands. His ankles and the
lower part of his feet were also above the edge of the hatch opening. He managed to get his right elbow over the
edge. He shouted for help twice before getting the attention of his colleagues.
Members may wish to refer to the following incidents (search words: hatch, open):
IMCA SF 08/08 – Incident 1 – Fall through open hatch in walkway;
IMCA SF 20/15 – Incident 2 – Crewman falls down open hatchway during simultaneous operations;
IMCA SF 17/16 – Incident 5 – Near miss: bilge cover left open.
Original Lad-Saf sleeves are being voluntarily recalled for replacement. Users of such equipment are asked by the
manufacturer to:
“immediately stop using and quarantine all original Lad-Saf sleeves. Affected part numbers are:
6100016, 6116500, 6116501, 6116502, 6116503, 6116504, 6116505, 6116506, 6116507, 6116509, 6116512,
6116535, 6116540, 6116541, 6116542, 6116500C, 6116500SM, 6116507/A, 6116540b, 6160031, KC36116502,
KC36116506 = 6116506, KC3PL3330, KC3L3330/0, KC3L3330ED, KC3SC2020
Contact 3M Customer Services at +33 4 97 10 00 10 or email us at [email protected], to discuss the
replacement of your returned units with an X2 sleeve, depending on your needs, at no cost to you.”