Safety Flash
Man overboard – Fall from a pilot ladder
Man overboard – Fall from a pilot ladder
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 28/19
- Marine OperationsPersonal Protective EquipmentWorking at Height
- DrowningFalls from heightSlips, trips and falls
- Personnel transfer
- LadderPersonal protective equipment
- Stop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Marine watersVessel
Summary
An IT technician boarding a vessel fell into the sea from a pilot ladder after the service boat lurched backwards and the ladder swayed. He was rescued without reported injury and was not wearing a lifejacket. The flash calls for SOLAS-approved lifejackets, separate luggage transfer and crew briefing on stop-work authority.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
While boarding a vessel via pilot ladder from a service boat, an IT service technician lost his footing and fell from the second step of the pilot ladder into the sea
IMCA SF 28/19. Themes: marine operations, personal protective equipment, working at height.