Safety Flash
Fire in a safety locker
Fire in a safety locker
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 32/20
- Electrical SafetyHot Work and Fire
- Electrical safetyFire
- Emergency response
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A vessel’s rolling displaced a steel wire coil onto a spare Aldis-lamp battery in a changing-room safety locker, causing a short circuit and a small fire. The flash highlights interactions between stored materials, recommends checking stores, and advises removing batteries from stored devices as far as practical.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A loose wire coil contacted a battery inside a safety locker, causing a short circuit, sparks and a small fire.
IMCA SF 32/20. Themes: electrical safety, hot work and fire.