Safety Flash
UK MAIB: Leg injury while mooring
UK MAIB: Leg injury while mooring
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 11/24
- Line of FireMachinery and EquipmentMarine Operations
- EntanglementHuman factorsLine of fire
- Mooring operations
- Mooring linesWinch
- Safety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash recounts a leg injury during unmooring when a messenger line snagged and wound onto a winch drum, tightening around a worker’s leg. It highlights excessive line length and restricted operator visibility, with lessons on keeping clear of moving machinery and maintaining sight and communication during remote operation.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has shared an incident about a crew person who caught in the bight of a messenger line mooring rope and was injured.
IMCA SF 11/24. Themes: line of fire, machinery and equipment, marine operations.