Safety Flash
Man overboard fatality
Man overboard fatality
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/19
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine Operations
- DrowningVessel flooding and foundering
- Personnel transfer
- Fall protection equipmentPersonal protective equipment
- Operating and work proceduresOperational supervisionRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
During pilot-transfer preparations on a container ship in heavy weather, seas forced a side hatch open and flooded the embarkation space. One crewman was swept overboard and presumed dead; another sustained a broken leg. The flash highlights protective equipment, weather-aware risk assessment, pilot-transfer procedures, communication and supervision.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Heavy seas forced open a vessel hatch during pilot-transfer preparations, sweeping one crewman overboard and injuring another.
IMCA SF 16/19. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations.