Safety Flash
USCG: hazard from discarded munitions
USCG: hazard from discarded munitions
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 07/24
- Hazardous SubstancesMarine Operations
- ExplosionHazardous substances
- Fishing operations
- Emergency response
- Commercial fishing
- Marine watersVessel
Summary
This flash relays a US Coastguard alert about discarded munitions in coastal waters. A clamming-vessel deckhand suffered severe burns after a canister, likely containing mustard gas or another blistering agent, came aboard. Recommendations cover checking charts, avoiding marked dumping areas, recording encounters and reporting unexploded munitions.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Fishing operations.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The US Coastguard (USCG) had published Safety Alert 02-24 relating to hazards presented by discarded ammunition.
IMCA SF 07/24. Themes: hazardous substances, marine operations.