Safety Flash
Man drowned after falling into dock when disembarking through pilot-gate
Man drowned after falling into dock when disembarking through pilot-gate
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/12
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine OperationsSlips, Trips and Falls
- DrowningSlips, trips and falls
- Personnel transfer
- Gangway
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
This safety flash describes a crewman’s fatal fall into a dock in port while leaving a vessel. He used the side pilot-gate rather than the designated secure gangway at the aft end and lost his footing. The account references Marine Safety Forum Safety Flash 12-06.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Gangway; walk-to-work gangway; W2W gangway.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crewman fell into the dock and drowned after choosing an unsecured pilot gate instead of the designated gangway.
IMCA SF 02/12. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations, slips, trips and falls.