Lost time injury (LTI): Person fell over on helideck and broke arm
- Safety Flash
- Published on 11 December 2012
- Generated on 4 July 2025
- IMCA SF 13/12
- 1 minute read
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Flash 12-41 regarding an incident in which a helicopter landing officer (HLO) was thrown off his feet by turbulence from the helicopter as it landed.
What happened?
He fell on the helideck, breaking his arm. The immediate cause of the incident was that the HLO was not sheltering properly from the downdraft as the helicopter landed.
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