Working at Height Alerts & Moments

The Working at Height Alerts and Moments Compilation consist of relevant alerts and moments published on the Step Change in Safety website from 2023-2024.

Links to Working at Height Safety Alerts & Moments

Dropped impact gun
Dropped borescope to sea
IADC - inspector fatally injured while inspecting an enclosed facility crane
IADC - fall from height while descending derrick ladder and harnessed
Working at height - person in the line of fire
Near miss - dislodged grating with potential fall to sea
Person pulled to deck by fall arrest harness
Hotwork whilst working at height in a confined space job was stopped
Two dropped objects incidents
Fall protection defective safety harness
Person injured going down ladder
High potential near miss - dropped paraguard stretcher during drill
Dropped metal wedge
Unprotected openings on floor grating - work stopped
Rope access technician slipped and dislocated shoulder
Fatality due to fire incident and fall from height
Getting fall arrest equipment right
LTI - person fractured pelvis in a fall from a ladder
Dropped object in dry dock
Safety Moment - This is not a circus
Safety Moment - Failure to investigate, failure to learn