Safety Flash
“Don’t forget about gangways” – USCG: Pilot Dies in Gangway Accident
“Don’t forget about gangways” – USCG: Pilot Dies in Gangway Accident
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 27/18
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine OperationsStructural and Asset Integrity
- DrowningMechanical failure
- Personnel transfer
- Gangway
- Pre-use checksStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash summarises a USCG alert concerning a fatal boarding accident in which a gangway separated from a vessel and two people fell into the water. With investigations continuing, it highlights gangway checks, reporting deficiencies, implementing applicable best practices and declining crossings where safety concerns exist.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Gangway; walk-to-work gangway; W2W gangway.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A gangway separated during vessel boarding, causing two people to fall into the water and highlighting the need for robust transfer controls.
IMCA SF 27/18. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations, structural and asset integrity.