Safety Flash
Three man overboard fatalities
Three man overboard fatalities
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 07/21
- Leadership and CultureMarine OperationsPersonal Protective Equipment
- DrowningFalls from height
- Marine operationsWorking at height
- Fall protection equipmentLadderMooring linesPersonal protective equipment
- Stop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash summarises two bulk-carrier incidents involving three fatalities. Waves washed two crew members overboard while they secured mooring ropes; a bosun drowned while rigging a combination pilot ladder in darkness. It highlights absent lifejackets and securing arrangements, an unsuccessful search, and stopping work when in doubt.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
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
The Marine Safety Investigation Unit of Transport Malta has published two reports outlining three man overboard fatalities
IMCA SF 07/21. Themes: leadership and culture, marine operations, personal protective equipment.