What happened A yard worker fell 4m from the main deck to a mezzanine deck. The injured worker suffered a compression fracture in his right ankle. During a yard visit, […]
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IMCA safety flashes disseminate important information on incidents and potential hazards and the lessons learnt from them that can help prevent incidents occurring elsewhere in the industry.
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Safety Events
Fall from height – LTI
What happened? On a vessel that was alongside, crew were engaged in offloading equipment from below-decks through a series of hatches, when their supervisor lost his footing and fell through […]
Fatal fall aboard tanker Marinor
The Accident Investigation Branch of Norway (AIBN) has published incident 17-04 on the fatal fall of a seafarer on board a Norwegian registered tanker. Whilst the vessel was at sea […]
Two falls – one from a telehandler in a shipyard – failure to think through risks
The UK Health and Safety Executive (UK HSE) has published two recent news alerts covering prosecutions of companies responsible for someone falling from height. Incident 1 Two companies were fined […]
Fatal fall from height during cargo operations – Johanna C
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published Report 1/2017 regarding a fatal fall from height during cargo operations. The Chief Officer on board the UK registered general cargo […]
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