Safety Alert: Elbow Fracture Through Trip on Vessel Deck

A Hatch Foremen working onboard the vessel opened a bar of the access point to the required deck location. As he stepped across onto the deck he tripped over a shin-height safety chain, fell,  landing on his elbow sustaining a fracture that required surgery.

Direct causes: Safety chain at a low height just above the hatch lid, it was discoloured and not clearly visible.  Recommendations: Port based workers to maintain situational awareness and be aware of slip, trip and fall hazards. Task-based risk assessments / pre-job briefings should be reviewed / revised / delivered to ensure coverage of this type of vessel deck situation.

 

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We are grateful to the DP World London Gateway and Port Skills & Safety for providing details. We acknowledge their commitment to sharing learning to benefit others. If you have similar operations, please share this information with managers, operatives and any potentially affected third parties as appropriate. Please also review any of your relevant operations for similar hazardous conditions, risks, and controls. Learning content like this is highly valuable as it is based on real-world experience. We encourage everyone with publishable information about incidents to send it to us, so that we can raise awareness across the whole industry. Please contact us at secretariat@ichca.com; sharing your insight could save a life or prevent injury.