Safety Flash
Fatal fall from tug Svitzer Moira
Fatal fall from tug Svitzer Moira
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 30/16
- Control of WorkLine of FireMarine OperationsPersonal Protective Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsLeadership and safety cultureSlips, trips and falls
- Marine operations
- Personal protective equipment
- Operational supervisionSafety communication
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
This safety flash summarises MAIB findings on a fatal fall and crushing during tug manoeuvring at Royal Portbury Dock. It highlights the absence of a toolbox talk, inadequate oversight of deck operations and divergence from company instructions. Appropriate PPE was not worn, although its use was unlikely to have altered the outcome.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A crew member was fatally crushed during tug manoeuvring, amid inadequate task planning, operational oversight and PPE use.
IMCA SF 30/16. Themes: control of work, line of fire, marine operations, personal protective equipment.