Safety Alert: Hooking on whilst working at height
A cargo vessel alongside in port had completed discharging animal feed. The cargo hold was empty and the [...]
Safety Alert: Empty Container Dislodgement
What happened: In January 2024, Storm Isha brought severe gale force winds of over 120km/h to the Dublin [...]
Safety Alert: Falling Extractor Flue – Near Miss
This incident relates to a flue pipe detaching from its position and falling onto a pedestrian area. Fewer than [...]
Safety Alert: Working safely with visiting drivers
Two external HGV drivers attending a steel and metals terminal positioned their flatbed vehicles for loading of 10m x [...]
Safety Alert: Wear can reduce the safe working life of wire ropes
On July 23, 2022, the cargo ship Thorco Basilisk was offloading a wind turbine component at a terminal when [...]
Safety Alert: Inappropriate use of lift trucks as work at height platform
Two examples are included in this report of fall from height injuries that occurred on separate vessels In [...]
Safety Alert: Red Zone Hazards (e.g. pinch points) during lifting operations
USA Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) describes “Red zone” hazards as ones that “…occur when a worker [...]
Safety Alert: Work at Height £100,000 fine after worker at height stood on pallet raised by forklift
A recent UK prosecution spotlights the vital importance of safely planning and supervising work at height. A recent [...]
Safety Alert: RoRo operations serious injury to signaller
A vessel was loading semi-trailers on Deck 3. The first semi-trailer came up the ramp from Deck 2, made [...]
Safety Alert: Fatal accident during lifting operations
In 2022 a RoRo vessel was in port for loading and unloading operations. Local stevedores and crew members were [...]