Safety Flash
Pressure vessel systems – response to fatal accident
Pressure vessel systems – response to fatal accident
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 09/14
- Inspection and MaintenancePressure SystemsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Mechanical failurePressure systems
- Pressure vessel
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash relays Australian maritime authority information about a fatal pressure-system accident aboard a ship. A compressed-air receiver drainage pot’s observation glass failed catastrophically while an engineer drained condensate from the main air reservoir. The brief account refers readers to the authority for further information.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Pressure vessel; pressure vessels.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A compressed-air receiver drainage pot failed catastrophically while condensate was being drained, fatally injuring a ship’s engineer.
IMCA SF 09/14. Themes: inspection and maintenance, pressure systems, structural and asset integrity.