Safety Flash
Lost time injury (LTI) during mooring operations
Lost time injury (LTI) during mooring operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 12/14
- Line of FireManagement of ChangeVessel and Mooring
- Mooring line snapbackSlips, trips and falls
- Mooring operations
- Mooring fittingsMooring lines
- Competence and trainingManagement of changeSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A chief officer sustained a fractured skull after a mooring line slipped off a bitt, struck his chest and caused him to fall backwards onto the tug’s deck. The flash examines snap-back exposure, mooring geometry and inadequate change management, highlighting stop-work intervention, toolbox communication and crew competence.
Classifications: Mooring line snapback; snap-back; snapback; mooring line recoil.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring fittings; cleats; bollards.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member suffered serious head injuries after a mooring line slipped from a bitt in a snap-back zone.
IMCA SF 12/14. Themes: line of fire, management of change, vessel and mooring.