Master link and sub-link failures on lifting equipment
- Safety Flash
- Published on 13 May 2014
- Generated on 8 July 2026
- IMCA SF 07/14
- 1 minute read
The Marine Safety Forum has published a safety flash 14-08 regarding two separate incidents in which there were failures of master links and sub-links on lifting slings.
Although no personnel were injured, the potential severity of such incidents was very serious.
Related safety flashes
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IMCA SF 12/11
1 November 2011
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