Description of Incident
Given the increased focus in recent times on decommissioning of older installations and equipment, IMCA has put together a summary of incidents relating to decommissioning, that may be of interest to members. This summary includes a number of events or incidents over the last fifteen years that have involved decommissioning activities.
A brief breakdown of those events or incidents in which one of the IOGP Life-saving Rules was broken (not all of them) indicates the following:
- Safe mechanical lifting – 5
- Bypassing safety controls – 4
- Line of fire – 3
- Working at height – 2
- Work authorisation – 1
Further information on decommissioning of offshore structures can be found in Appendix 5 of IMCA LR 006, HSSE 019, D 060, M 187 – Rev. 2.1 Guidelines for Lifting Operations.
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