Alert 9 Aug 2017 Crane block sheave guard dropped from 25 metres During the lift, a member of the deck crew heard a loud noise. On investigation, he found that the securing pin for the main block sheave guard had detached from the main crane block and fallen approximately 25 metres to the deck below. Crane operations were immediately halted and the crane main bl… View Alert
Alert 31 Jul 2017 Roller shutter door fell from storage cabinet Whilst entering the platform chemical storage unit for materials, the chemist pushed the roller shutter door open and, as he was doing so, the shutter assembly and housing broke free from the top of the unit and dropped approximately 2m to the deck. The chemist managed to step back from the unit and… View Alert
Alert 27 Jul 2017 Defective Deck Net & Aircraft Slide Once A/C slowly made contact with the deck with the port main gear it lurched forward, sideways, and rolled left and possibly right also. There was no cyclic movement to cause this to occur. The slide forward (several feet) and roll was significant enough for the captain to come on the controls. The… View Alert
Learning Moment 19 Jul 2017 Theme Park Ride Crash Once the ride was re-opened, a safety system was manually over-riden to allow a carriage of people to continue on the track. This resulted in the carriage with people crashing into a stationary empty carriage. Eleven people were left with life-changing injuries. View Learning Moment
Alert 10 Jul 2017 Fatality during unpacking of heavy electrical panel equipment During the unpacking of a 1.5t electrical VSD panel from its transit packaging, the unit fell forward, trapping and tragically killing one of the work party. The unit was contained within an export type storage package, with removable sides and ends and retaining batons on the long horizontal sides.… View Alert
Alert 26 Jun 2017 Fall in galley resulting in laceration to hand An individual was walking fairly quickly through the galley. Whilst turning a 90 degree corner, which she did by pivoting on her heel, she lost her footing and slipped resulting in a fall to the floor. During her decent, she put her right hand out in an attempt to break her fall. At this point she s… View Alert
Alert 6 Jun 2017 Did you see that? - Losing situational awareness because of new technology During the work scope, the inspection phase required pictures to be taken via an iPad. A technician was looking through the iPad trying to get the right image and was walking backwards to get all the elements into the picture. As the technician walked backwards the individual lost situational awaren… View Alert
Alert 30 May 2017 Burn to hand while working in laundry The injured party (IP) was working in the laundry when they put their hand into a dryer (prior to running the cooling cycle) to check if the garments were dry. Whilst doing so, the IP's hand contacted a base layer type garment that had melted inside the machine resulting in a burn that escalated to … View Alert
Alert 22 May 2017 Blown Control Valve Cover The pressure control valve was opened by connecting Pidgy tubing straight to the valve actuator from the platform instrument air supply. This was an unregulated air supply from the instrument air manifold direct to the valve bonnet air inlet which meant that the inline controls were bypassed. Once t… View Alert
Alert 15 May 2017 Gas leak from a manual ball valve (adjacent to a grease injection channel) During normal operations a gas leak was detected and traced to the failed valve. The plant was shut down and the valve was removed for further investigation. The investigation revealed that a leak had occurred on the flange adapter (see image 1). The leak site was adjacent to a grease injection chan… View Alert
Alert 8 May 2017 Near Miss - A "riveting" lessons learned During the process of applying side liners to the PVC reels, the pneumatic rivet gun used to fasten the liners in place failed when the Operator engaged the trigger. When the components failed the plunger, housing, etc. hit the operator in the thigh. No injuries or first aid was required. Investigat… View Alert
Learning Moment 3 May 2017 Deadlegs: not just a hazard in football The plant was made safe. An oil leak was traced to a ¼” diameter hole at the lower end of a pipework elbow. The line was rarely used and had been left stagnant with liquid creating a deadleg corrosion trap. Deadlegs can result in rapid corrosion and can arise as a result of: design errors the effect… View Learning Moment