Safety Flash
Serious LTI – Crew member slipped on deck breaking his leg
Serious LTI – Crew member slipped on deck breaking his leg
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 08/23
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueManual HandlingSlips, Trips and Falls
- Slips, trips and falls
- Manual handling
- Hose
- Evacuation, escape and rescueRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
An engineer fractured his right fibula after slipping on a greasy deck while handling a bunker hose. Spiral access prevented stretcher evacuation. The flash examines surface contamination, hose drainage and absent manual handling assessment, recommending conditional hose capping, non-slip coatings, handling assessments and consideration of rescue drills for restricted-access areas.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Three engineering crew members were involved in the manual handling of a bunker hose from an upper storage area to a lower deck storage area accessed via a spiral staircase. One of the engineers slipped on a greasy area of the deck breaking his right leg (fibula or calf bone) in the fall.
IMCA SF 08/23. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, manual handling, slips, trips and falls.