Safety Flash
A reminder on watertight doors
A reminder on watertight doors
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 08/24
- Competence and TrainingHuman FactorsVessel and Mooring
- Human factorsRegulation and legislationVessel flooding and foundering
- Flood containment and watertight integrityOperating and work proceduresStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A safety walkaround found watertight doors open when they should have been secured. Reviews on other fleet vessels identified routine shortcuts and gaps in crew awareness. The flash explains flood containment, reiterates SOLAS and company closure requirements, and asks how safe working could be made easier.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Flood containment and watertight integrity.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Watertight doors that ought have been secured shut, were observed open during a safety walkaround.
IMCA SF 08/24. Themes: competence and training, human factors, vessel and mooring.