Safety Flash
Non-fatal man overboard incident
Non-fatal man overboard incident
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 20/15
- Emergency ResponseLine of FireVessel and Mooring
- DrowningSlips, trips and falls
- Mooring operations
- Mooring lines
- Emergency responseOperational supervisionRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A crewman lost his balance and fell overboard while freeing a mooring rope trapped between a Yokohama fender and a barge. He was rescued unharmed in less than five minutes. The flash identifies missing task-specific briefing and risk assessment, and recommends improved supervision, fender positioning, mooring practices and emergency response.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crewman fell overboard while retrieving a mooring rope trapped between a fender and barge.
IMCA SF 20/15. Themes: emergency response, line of fire, vessel and mooring.