Safety Flash
Lifeboat winch failure
Lifeboat winch failure
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 01/00
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueInspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- Mechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenanceLifting operations
- LifeboatWinch
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A safety flash describes uncontrolled lifeboat lowering during recovery after a cruise ship drill. Excessively viscous lubricating oil prevented the winch’s freewheel coupling from locking, with slipping, overheating and surface damage reported. An attached hand crank struck the ship’s electrical engineer on the head, causing injury.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A safety flash describing uncontrolled lowering of a lifeboat caused by winch failure during recovery.
IMCA SF 01/00. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.