Safety Flash
Man overboard during motion compensated gangway transfer
Man overboard during motion compensated gangway transfer
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 19/24
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine OperationsPersonal Protective EquipmentWorking at Height
- DrowningFalls from heightLoss of station keeping
- Personnel transfer
- GangwayPersonal protective equipment
- Competence and trainingEvacuation, escape and rescueOperating and work procedures
- Marine industry
- Offshore installationVessel
Summary
An offshore worker fell overboard from a height of one metre when a manually station-kept vessel drifted off and its motion-compensated gangway disconnected. His life-jacket failed to inflate, but he was recovered within 22 seconds. The flash addresses gangway emergency procedures, drift-off familiarisation, flotation-device checks and safety induction.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Loss of station keeping; drive-off; drift-off.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Gangway; walk-to-work gangway; W2W gangway.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
An offshore worker fell overboard from a height of one metre while transferring from a platform to a vessel.
IMCA SF 19/24. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations, personal protective equipment, working at height.