Safety Flash
Lifting frame detached from fast rescue craft (FRC)
Lifting frame detached from fast rescue craft (FRC)
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/21
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueInspection and MaintenanceLifting OperationsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Falls from heightMechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenanceLifting operationsMarine operations
- Lifting accessoriesRescue craft
- Preventive maintenance
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A fast rescue craft’s lifting frame detached during recovery alongside a vessel, pulling a crew member upwards before they fell back into the boat with minor injuries. Investigation found cracks, delamination and potential anchoring weaknesses. The flash highlights inspection difficulties within the hull and suggests attention to crack detection in planned maintenance.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Rescue craft; fast rescue craft; FRC; fast rescue boat; FRB.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
IMCA has received information relating to an incident in which a lifting frame became detached from a fast rescue craft (FRC) during operations
IMCA SF 17/21. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, inspection and maintenance, lifting operations, structural and asset integrity.