Summary
Highlights
A welder was crushed to death when a crane's auxiliary hoist line struck a tack-welded steel shell plate, causing it to fall. Contributing factors included the crane operator's failure to recognize hazards, swinging loads over workers, and improper work planning. Recommendations emphasize hazard assessment, securing unused lines, not swinging loads over personnel, planning work to avoid overhead passes, and proper communication between workers and crane operators.
A rigger died after being struck in the neck by a taut sling assembly while securing a heavy mooring chain. The incident was caused by a lack of hazard assessment, improper training, undersized slings, and relying on inadequate manila rope as a stopper. Key takeaways include performing hazard assessments, using properly sized equipment, never exceeding safe working loads, and avoiding entering the bite of a line under tension.
A worker fell into an water-filled hopper and drowned after losing his footing while stepping back from a falling load. The valve being moved was not properly rigged to the crane hook, which lacked a safety latch. Recommendations highlight ensuring loads are properly rigged, using hooks with safety latches, and providing adequate fall protection for workers near unguarded edges and over water.
A scuba diver died in a crude oil tank barge after becoming unconscious due to poor visibility and being untended. The diver was performing tasks alone without a safety line. Safety guidelines emphasize that scuba divers must always be tied to a tended safety line or accompanied by another diver with continuous visual contact, have a standby diver ready, carry a reserve air supply, and the tender must never leave their post.
A worker died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a barge's bow compartment while using a gasoline-powered pump. The compartment was a confined space, and exhaust gases accumulated, causing the worker to lose consciousness and drown. Recommendations include visually inspecting and testing confined spaces for oxygen content, training employees for confined space work, ensuring proper ventilation, and regularly checking on workers in confined or isolated locations.
An electrician was electrocuted while working on an electrical panel that was believed to be deenergized. The isolation breaker he tagged out was cross-wired with another breaker, meaning the panel remained live. This incident underscores the importance of verifying energy isolation points, testing electrical panels before working on them, and informing all contractors of system modifications.
A shipyard worker suffered fatal burns from a sudden burst of high-pressure steam while replacing a faulty valve. Errors in the ship's as-built drawings led to incomplete isolation and draining of the steam system. Recommended safety actions include using thermal guns to check valve temperatures, verifying complete drainage, ensuring accurate drawings, properly training personnel for visual checks of drains and valves, and involving workers directly in the lockout/tagout process.
The video concludes by urging workers to learn from these accidents to improve job safety, emphasizing the use of necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) such as hard hats, safety glasses, protective footwear, and hearing protection. It also advises workers to ask supervisors for help if tasks seem unsafe or violate OSHA regulations and provides contact information for OSHA for assistance or reporting hazards and fatalities.