Safety Flash
Accidental drinking of thinners stored in mineral water bottle
Accidental drinking of thinners stored in mineral water bottle
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 12/18
- Contractor ManagementHazardous Substances
- Hazardous substances
- Contractor managementSafety communication
- Vessel
Summary
A trainee ETO swallowed thinners from a mineral water bottle kept by contractors in an engine room workshop. The flash identifies inadequate contractor briefing and unsafe chemical storage, and records reminders to use properly marked containers and recommendations for crew to carry their own drinking bottles.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A worker swallowed thinners that third-party contractors had stored in an incorrectly labelled mineral water bottle.
IMCA SF 12/18. Themes: contractor management, hazardous substances.