Safety Flash
First aid incident during at-sea fuel transfer – mooring lines
First aid incident during at-sea fuel transfer – mooring lines
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 09/14
- Line of FireMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Line of fire
- Bunkering
- Mooring lines
- Marine industry
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Summary
This brief safety flash reports injuries to two crewmen struck by tensioned mooring lines during fuel transfer at sea. It points readers to the Marine Safety Forum for the underlying flash, available on request, without supplying further incident circumstances or specific preventive measures.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Bunkering; marine refuelling; marine refueling.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Summary
Two crew members were injured when tensioned mooring lines struck them during an at-sea fuel transfer.
IMCA SF 09/14. Themes: line of fire, marine operations, vessel and mooring.