A member has noted several injuries in the last 6-8 months relating to worker positioning and the use of tools and equipment. A review of these incidents has established a […]
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Safety Events
Swedish Club: Lessons learned – crew member loses leg in mooring injury
The Swedish [P&I] Club has recently released a “casebook” containing safety lessons learned from maritime incidents. This useful resource document can be found here: www.swedishclub.com/loss-prevention/cases/case-studies/. One of the case studies […]
Leg injury when struck by rebounding hammer
What happened A crew member was struck on the right lower leg (the shin) by a rebounding hammer. The incident occurred when he was using the hammer to remove a […]
Only a centimetre – an emergency exit hatch blocked by mooring ropes
What happened On a vessel alongside in port, an emergency exit hatch was found to be blocked. A team making a daily inspection tour round the vessel found that they […]
Update to SF 08/21: fatality – person crushed when secured material fell on him
This is an updated version of the event published in SF 08/21, wherein stored metal plates fell on a crewman causing fatal injuries. It was originally shared with one of […]
Hand injury from falling object during lifting operations
What happened A lifting saddle broke, causing a hose to swing and hit a crewman, causing an injury to his hand. The incident occurred at completion of cement pumping between […]
Mooring: increase in first aid cases involving over-exertion
What happened A member has noted that in recent months, there have been several accidents related to over-exertion. Most of these incidents have involved mooring operations, a job that requires […]
LTI during deck cargo operations
What happened A crewman was seriously injured during lifting operations. The incident occurred while lifting pipe bundles from the vessel onto a fixed structure. Two crewmen were ready to hook […]
Fatality: person crushed when secured material fell on him
What happened Stored metal plates fell on a crewman causing fatal injuries. This incident has been shared with one of our members by a client company, and is public domain […]
Line of fire: deck tugger wire failure
What happened? Personnel were standing in line of fire during recovery of a Back-Fill Plough when a chain sling failed, and the rigging recoiled across the deck. A tugger wire […]
Lead-acid battery explosion
What happened A lead-acid battery blew up when an engine was started. The incident occurred when, after conducting pre-start checks on a generator, the 2nd Engineer attempted to start the […]
MAIB: Fatal accident during cargo operations on Karina C
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published accident its investigation report into a fatal crush incident during lifting operations on the general cargo vessel Karina C on 24 […]
MSF: Near miss – potential dropped object found on bundle of casing
The Marine Safety Forum published Safety Alert 20-11 relating to a potential dropped object in a load. The near miss incident occurred during offloading of casing from a supply vessel. […]
LTI: Stored energy – rigger injured leg working on quayside
A rigger sustained a significant injury to his lower left leg while working on the quayside during lifting operations. The incident occurred during the hours of darkness, when a third-party […]
Injury to Fingers During Grinding Activity
What happened Someone was performing maintenance activities with a grinder, using the grinder to cut and shape wood. When he finished, he switched off the grinder and placed on deck. […]
Hand injury when caught in machinery
What happened A crew member sustained injuries to his hand and arm when his hand got trapped by a moving belt. The incident occurred during routine maintenance of an Air […]
Positive: vessel improvements made following a man overboard incident
Following a non-fatal man overboard incident involving a member of a mooring gang falling off a tug, as part of the incident investigation, a thorough review was conducted to identify […]
Vessel Near Miss with wellhead
A vessel had a near miss with a wellhead within the 500m zone. The vessel Master was preoccupied and did not notice that the vessel was drifting close to the […]
Dutch Safety Board: fatality when mooring line snapped
What happened The Dutch Safety Board has issued the following report on a mooring line fatality onboard chemical tanker RN Privodino on 28 June 2018, while entering the Noordersluis lock at Ijmuiden, […]
Stop work authority enforced – unsafe conditions, no appropriate lifting gear available
What happened A vessel received instructions to pick up an aviation fuel tank at an auxiliary platform. The Master tried to tie up to the platform but was not successful […]
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