Safety Flash
Electrocution incident – make sure electrical equipment is safe!
Electrocution incident – make sure electrical equipment is safe!
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 19/23
- Electrical SafetyInspection and MaintenanceIsolation
- Electric shockElectrical safety
- Inspection and maintenance
- Preventive maintenanceRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel cook suffered a mains electric shock while touching a bain-marie and messroom service window simultaneously. A detached earthing wire caused an earth fault in the heater element. The flash describes gaps in galley testing and maintenance, followed by fleetwide electrical testing, planned maintenance additions and revised risk assessment.
Classifications: Electric shock; electrocution.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
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
A vessel cook received a mains electric shock when he simultaneously touched a metal bain-marie AND the messroom service window with both of his hands
IMCA SF 19/23. Themes: electrical safety, inspection and maintenance, isolation.