Safety Flash
LTI – crew member squeezed between buoy and cargo rail
LTI – crew member squeezed between buoy and cargo rail
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 07/26
- Line of FireMarine Operations
- Crushing and pinch pointsLine of fire
- Anchor handlingLifting operations
- Crane
- Evacuation, escape and rescue
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
An anchor-handling crew member was trapped against a cargo rail when releasing a remaining lashing allowed a partly interconnected buoy to spring back. The flash describes crane positioning, rescue using a tugger line and aft capstan, and helicopter evacuation. Lessons emphasise checking residual securing and stored energy before moving complex loads.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Anchor handling; anchor deployment.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member was crushed between a large buoy and a cargo rail.
IMCA SF 07/26. Themes: line of fire, marine operations.