Safety Flash
Fatality results from failure of ship’s mooring fittings and supporting structure
Fatality results from failure of ship’s mooring fittings and supporting structure
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/03
- CorrosionInspection and MaintenanceStructural and Asset IntegrityVessel and Mooring
- CorrosionMooring line snapbackStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenanceMooring operations
- Mooring fittingsMooring lines
- Operating and work procedures
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
A crew member died when a bow spring line recoiled after a fairlead baseplate tore from the forecastle deck during departure from port. Inspection revealed rusted and cracked welds despite an apparently sound condition. The flash highlights mooring geometry, supporting structural strength and careful, regular inspection.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Mooring line snapback; snap-back; snapback; mooring line recoil.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring fittings; cleats; bollards.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A corroded fairlead supporting structure failed under mooring tension, releasing a line that fatally struck a crew member.
IMCA SF 02/03. Themes: corrosion, inspection and maintenance, structural and asset integrity, vessel and mooring.