Safety Flash
Personal injury following PPE violation and slip and fall on deck
Personal injury following PPE violation and slip and fall on deck
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 06/19
- Leadership and CulturePersonal Protective EquipmentSlips, Trips and Falls
- Leadership and safety cultureSlips, trips and falls
- Personal protective equipment
- Stop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel Master slipped on a wet main deck during routine checks without safety footwear or a helmet, suffering head abrasions. The flash emphasises PPE compliance, leadership example and expectations to challenge unsafe behaviour through stop-work intervention. A formal warning followed the deliberate procedural violation.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A Master slipped on a wet deck while not complying with PPE requirements, highlighting leadership example and stop-work expectations.
IMCA SF 06/19. Themes: leadership and culture, personal protective equipment, slips, trips and falls.