Safety Flash
Handling alarms on the bridge – a DP incident
Handling alarms on the bridge – a DP incident
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/25
- Human FactorsLeadership and CultureMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Human factorsLeadership and safety cultureLoss of station keeping
- Dynamic positioning
- Operator displays and control interfaces
- Alarm managementHuman-centred design
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
During scrap-metal recovery, a DPO inadvertently selected an adjacent command while trying to silence an alarm, leaving the vessel in manual mode with 10 metres of uncontrolled movement. The flash examines alarm overload, a frozen panel and inconsistent silencing arrangements, emphasising interface design, procedural reinforcement and openness within a no-blame culture.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Loss of station keeping; drive-off; drift-off.
Classifications: Dynamic positioning; DP; DP operations.
Classifications: Operator displays and control interfaces.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Human-centred design.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
DPO accidentally pressed the adjacent "Take" button on the DP panel.
IMCA SF 17/25. Themes: human factors, leadership and culture, marine operations, vessel and mooring.