Investigation Report
Fall on board fishing vessel Artemis with loss of 1 life
Fall on board fishing vessel Artemis with loss of 1 life
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Falls from heightHuman factorsRegulation and legislationSlips, trips and falls
- Ladder
- Fall preventionHuman-centred designRisk assessment
- Commercial fishing
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
Investigates the skipper’s fatal fall through a wheelhouse hatch aboard Artemis in Kilkeel harbour. The report examines altered access arrangements, a near-vertical ladder without handrails and alcohol impairment. The precise initiating event remained uncertain. Recommendations address access design, drug and alcohol policies, and fishermen’s work agreements.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Human-centred design.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The report examines a fatal fall aboard a fishing vessel.
Themes: slips, trips and falls.