Safety Flash
Fire in engine room workshop
Fire in engine room workshop
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 13/12
- Control of WorkEmergency ResponseHot Work and FirePermit to Work
- Fire
- Hot work
- Emergency responseSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash describes a small fire in a vessel’s engine-room workshop when engineering personnel undertook welding without notifying anyone. An alarm prompted mobilisation of the vessel’s emergency response team, which extinguished the fire safely. No injuries were reported.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Unnotified welding in an engine-room workshop caused a fire that was extinguished by the vessel emergency response team.
IMCA SF 13/12. Themes: control of work, emergency response, hot work and fire, permit to work.