Safety Flash
MAIB: Parted mooring rope leads to fatality
MAIB: Parted mooring rope leads to fatality
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 02/25
- Line of FireMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Mooring line snapback
- Mooring operations
- Mooring lines
- Exclusion zonesStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
A deck officer suffered fatal head injuries when a mooring line parted during strong winds alongside a container vessel. Released tension lifted a bight aboard, rather than snapping the rope end onto the forecastle. The flash discusses snap-back zones, possible arrestors and a campaign encouraging crew to challenge unsafe positioning.
Classifications: Mooring line snapback; snap-back; snapback; mooring line recoil.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A deck officer was killed during mooring operations when a mooring rope parted and struck him on the head.
IMCA SF 02/25. Themes: line of fire, marine operations, vessel and mooring.