Safety Alert
Unexpected Anchor Release Causes Broken Leg
Unexpected Anchor Release Causes Broken Leg
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 00-26
- Line of FireVessel and Mooring
- Line of fire
- Anchor handling
- Marine industry
- Vessel
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Summary
An alert describes an injury during preparation of a second piggyback anchor assembly aboard a vessel. A hydraulic anchor-handling jaw retracted, releasing the chain and jerking the anchor down the deck and over the stern. A stabiliser bar struck the Chief Mate, breaking his left leg below the knee.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Anchor handling; anchor deployment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
IADC Alert 00-26. Themes: line of fire, vessel and mooring.