Safety Flash
High Potential Near Miss: Line of Fire During Mooring Operations
High Potential Near Miss: Line of Fire During Mooring Operations
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 22/18
- Line of FireMarine OperationsVessel and Mooring
- Crushing and pinch pointsLine of fire
- Mooring operations
- Mooring lines
- Exclusion zonesJob safety analysisSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
An offshore support vessel’s mooring hawser trapped a seafarer against a stair handrail during manoeuvring around a sea buoy. The flash examines buoy fouling, sea conditions, restricted visibility and missing deck-clear confirmation. Actions include a replacement buoy, a clear-deck policy, VHF confirmation, planned toolbox/JSA reviews and an alternative azimuth-drive manoeuvre.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mooring operations; berthing; unmooring.
Classifications: Mooring lines; mooring rope; mooring wire.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A tensioned mooring hawser pinned a seafarer against a handrail when a vessel manoeuvred around a fouled sea buoy.
IMCA SF 22/18. Themes: line of fire, marine operations, vessel and mooring.