Investigation Report
Entanglement with winch whipping drum rope on scallop dredger Danielle with 1 person injured
Entanglement with winch whipping drum rope on scallop dredger Danielle with 1 person injured
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- Line of FireMachinery and Equipment
- EntanglementHand and finger injuriesSlips, trips and falls
- Fishing operations
- Rescue craftWinch
- Emergency responseEvacuation, escape and rescueRisk assessment
- Commercial fishing
- Vessel
Summary
An investigation into a deckhand’s rope entanglement during scallop dredge tipping aboard Danielle, resulting in severe injuries and subsequent arm amputation. It examines a riding turn, slipping on recovered gear, obstructed access to the winch stop, evacuation delays and inter-agency communication, alongside risk assessment and working-arrangement deficiencies.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Fishing operations.
Classifications: Rescue craft; fast rescue craft; FRC; fast rescue boat; FRB.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The report examines a person becoming entangled with rope on a winch drum.
Themes: line of fire, machinery and equipment.