Corroded Deck Gratings: Unable to Determine Condition from Visual Inspection

Cause & Consequence

• Not Assigned

Incident Location

Fixed Installation

Incident Activity

Any Activity Type

Incident Info Source

Step change in safety

Specific Incident Equipment

N/A

Lessons Identified

Remove the corrosion product from the metal bars in order to allow the amount of metal remaining to be accurately assessed.

Incident Recommendations

When inspection is carried out on gratings which have a build up of corrosion product on the load bars, the corrosion product should be removed in order to allow the amount of metal remaining to be accurately assessed.