Safety Flash
Lost Time Injuries due to a failed mooring line
Lost Time Injuries due to a failed mooring line
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/22
- Line of FireMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Line of fireMooring line snapback
- Mooring operations
- Mooring fittingsMooring lines
- Risk assessment
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
A stern-to-quayside mooring line failure injured two crew members through snapback, resulting in lost time injuries. The flash discusses rope friction, shortened line length, mooring routing and gaps in risk assessment. Lessons address improved camera monitoring, line protection and conditional routing changes to avoid snapback exposure on the working deck.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mooring line snapback; snap-back; snapback; mooring line recoil.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring fittings; cleats; bollards.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Three crew members were gathered at the stern of the vessel when the port aft mooring line failed. It ‘snapped back’, striking and injuring two of them.
IMCA SF 16/22. Themes: line of fire, marine operations, vessel and mooring.