Snagging damage during lifting operations
- Safety Flash
- Published on 8 June 2012
- Generated on 5 December 2025
- IMCA SF 05/12
- 1 minute read
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) published Safety Flash 12-13 regarding an incident in which part of a platform supply vessel was damaged when a large piece of equipment was lifted off it onto an offshore installation.
What happened?
The load being lifted snagged on a walkway and caused the damage. The root cause of the incident was that the lift plan and risk assessment failed to identify all the hazards involved.
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