Safety Flash
Fatality: Man overboard
Fatality: Man overboard
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/13
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueLine of FireSlips, Trips and Falls
- DrowningLine of fireRisk management
- Marine operations
- Personal locator beaconsPersonal protective equipment
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFall preventionRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A rigger drowned after stepping backwards through temporary barriers while avoiding a moving bulwark load on a vessel at night. The flash examines positioning, a missing barrier stanchion and an unidentified life-jacket requirement, describes unsuccessful rescue and resuscitation, and outlines improvements to risk assessment, edge protection and man-overboard response.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Personal locator beacons; PLB.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A worker fell overboard while avoiding moving deck cargo and drowned after inadequate barriers, positioning and life-jacket controls.
IMCA SF 16/13. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, line of fire, slips, trips and falls.