Safety Flash
NTSB: Engine room fire – put things back properly after maintenance
NTSB: Engine room fire – put things back properly after maintenance
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 01/26
- Hot Work and FireInspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- FireHydrocarbon release
- Inspection and maintenance
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFire protectionFunctional testingPre-use checks
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
An IMCA flash summarises a fatal engine-room fire aboard a dredging vessel. NTSB attributed the probable cause to lubricating oil spraying from a generator and igniting off a nearby running engine after a plug was not reinstated. Lessons emphasise post-maintenance inspection, correct reassembly and local test starts where appropriate and practical.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States (NTSB) has published report MIR 25-29.
IMCA SF 01/26. Themes: hot work and fire, inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.