Safety Flash
Open porthole
Open porthole
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/04
- Control of WorkElectrical SafetyMarine Operations
- Electrical safetyVessel flooding and foundering
- Marine operations
- Flood containment and watertight integrityEnergy and process isolationOperating and work proceduresOperational supervision
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
An accommodation cabin flooded through an open porthole while a vessel sailed in 6–8 ft swell and 35-knot wind. The duty seaman disconnected cabin power and closed the porthole. The flash highlights non-compliance with sailing procedures and reiterates the master’s responsibility for safety instructions and compliance checks.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Flood containment and watertight integrity.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
An open porthole flooded an accommodation cabin while the vessel sailed in strong wind and swell.
IMCA SF 02/04. Themes: control of work, electrical safety, marine operations.