Safety Flash
Painter parted during small boat operations
Painter parted during small boat operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 18/17
- Inspection and MaintenanceMachinery and EquipmentMarine Operations
- Mechanical failureVessel collision
- Inspection and maintenanceLifting operationsMarine operations
- Rescue craft
- Competence and trainingPreventive maintenanceRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A fast rescue craft’s forward painter quick release failed during recovery, allowing the craft to swing into its mother vessel and damage its jet assembly. Three crew members were uninjured. The flash examines inaccessible springs and missing inspection criteria, recording replacement with a G-link, six-monthly visual inspections and a reviewed risk assessment.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Vessel collision; ship collision; marine allision.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Rescue craft; fast rescue craft; FRC; fast rescue boat; FRB.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) reports an incident in which the forward painter quick release on a fast rescue craft (FRC) parted during recovery of the boat. Three crew members were in the FRC.
IMCA SF 18/17. Themes: inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment, marine operations.