Safety Flash
CHIRP Maritime – Annual digest for 2020
CHIRP Maritime – Annual digest for 2020
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 13/21
- Human FactorsLearning from IncidentsMarine Operations
- Learning from incidentsMental health and wellbeing
- Commercial fishingMarine industry
Summary
This safety flash introduces CHIRP Maritime’s 2020 annual digest and explains its independent, confidential reporting approach and dissemination of disidentified safety information. It outlines the digest’s subject areas and highlights an article examining the psychological effects on seafarers unable to return home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Classifications: Learning from incidents; incident learning; lessons learnt; lessons learned.
Classifications: Mental health and wellbeing; mental health; mental wellbeing.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Summary
CHIRP stands for Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme. One of the aims of CHIRP is to contribute to the enhancement of maritime safety worldwide, by providing a totally independent confidential (not anonymous) reporting system for all individuals employed in or associated with these industries.
IMCA SF 13/21. Themes: human factors, learning from incidents, marine operations.