Safety Flash
Crew transfer vessel trapped under a boat landing
Crew transfer vessel trapped under a boat landing
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 06/13
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine OperationsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Crushing and pinch pointsStructural and asset integrity
- Personnel transfer
- Fall protection equipment
- Evacuation, escape and rescueOperating and work proceduresRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crew transfer vessel became trapped beneath a failed boat landing on an offshore accommodation vessel and was pulled clear by another vessel. Passengers launched liferafts without obvious crew instructions. The flash identifies design, weather, relative motion and procedural issues, with actions addressing landing redesign, fall arrest, liferaft attachment and transfer risk assessment.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A member has reported an incident in which a crew transfer vessel became trapped when the bottom section of a boat landing fixed to an offshore accommodation vessel gave way.
IMCA SF 06/13. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations, structural and asset integrity.