Safety Flash
Mast head securing wire parted
Mast head securing wire parted
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 21/16
- CorrosionInspection and MaintenanceStructural and Asset Integrity
- CorrosionEntanglementMechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Navigation and positioning equipmentWire rope
- Preventive maintenance
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A mast-head securing wire parted and its strop became entangled with a radar scanner, damaging the scanner cover and mast-head lighting. The flash identifies inadequate inspection and maintenance, including unnoticed corrosion, and recommends periodic inspection, tightening and replacement as necessary, with extra attention during heavy weather.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Navigation and positioning equipment; ECDIS; AIS; chart plotters.
Classifications: Wire rope; steel wire rope.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A corroded masthead securing wire parted and became entangled with a radar scanner.
IMCA SF 21/16. Themes: corrosion, inspection and maintenance, structural and asset integrity.