Safety Flash
Lost time injury (LTI): Crewman injured foot during offshore renewables mooring operation
Lost time injury (LTI): Crewman injured foot during offshore renewables mooring operation
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/13
- Line of FireMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- EntanglementLine of fire
- Mooring operations
- Mooring lines
- Exclusion zonesOperating and work proceduresSafety communication
- Marine industryOffshore wind
- Vessel
Summary
A crewman aboard a crew transfer vessel suffered partial foot amputation after a mooring line dragged him across the foredeck during offshore wind operations. Preliminary findings identified missing formal procedures, lone working, inadequate visibility and voice communication, and the need for a safe standing area and shorter mooring rope.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Offshore wind; offshore wind energy.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crewman’s foot became entangled in a mooring rope during crew-transfer vessel operations, causing partial amputation.
IMCA SF 16/13. Themes: line of fire, marine operations, vessel and mooring.