Keyword: Lifting operations

Pipe Dropped on Rigger Foot

During the execution of lifting activities for the erection of pipe (24” 36m long) into the main pipe rack, the…

Unsafe lifting with forklift

During the last month two similar near misses occurred concerning the lifting and transportation of one pipe and one metal…

SICIM GOLDEN RULE # 5 – LIFTING

Breaking of Lifting Accessories During Hoisting

While lifting a load, the swivel hook connecting the rigid excavator hook to the chain failed.

Falling Down of a Steel Beam

Loosening of steel beams from sheet pilling pit.

Gas Cylinder Handling

Gas cylinders are often moved one by one from transportation rack to pay welder’s rack. A number of incidents –…

Unsafe Rigging Practice

A subcontractor employee was working as a rigger and was part of the lifting crew that was tasked to loading…

Pipe Alignment

During the installation of the internal clamp for the alignment of a hot formed bend, the pipe suddenly tilted while…

Bending Machine Lifting

After lifting the bending machine few centimetres, the rear section of the bending machine tilts to the left. The supervisor…

Accident while lifting a pallet with slings

As part of Micro-tunneling works extra bentonite was required and a Hiab truck was dispatched to Pipeyard 6 to collect…

T-Rex & Safety Revolution

With the aim of enhancing Safety during operations Bonatti chose to design and manufacture an innovative type of pipe layer:…

Hand injury when pulling a cable

Rigger struck by a steel wire rope

Choker belts

Human-Machine interface and pinch points

Installing or removing dozer blades

Hidden risks of pipe loading attachment

Mechanical failure on a sideboom

Pipe layer continues to boom in

Pipe slip

Rigging failure while offloading pipe

Dropped flange due to sling failure

Unloading I-beam

Excavator Rollover

Failure of a 3-tonne lifting belt

Rigging injury

Uncontrolled movement of pipe

Wire rope ruptures

Broken boom block pin