Investigation Report
Person overboard accidents from scallop dredger Korenbloem, stern trawler Osprey III and creeler Optik with loss of 3 lives
Person overboard accidents from scallop dredger Korenbloem, stern trawler Osprey III and creeler Optik with loss of 3 lives
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine Operations
- DrowningEntanglementRegulation and legislationRisk management
- Fishing operations
- Fall protection equipmentPersonal protective equipment
- Competence and trainingEvacuation, escape and rescueFirst aid and medical provisionRisk assessment
- Commercial fishing
- Marine watersVessel
Summary
Combined investigation of three fatal overboard accidents involving Korenbloem, Osprey III and Optik in November 2009. It examines exposed bin-top work, fishing-gear entanglement, flotation equipment, casualty recovery and first-aid shortcomings. Case-specific findings inform a recommendation for a properly resourced plan to reduce fishing-industry fatalities.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Fishing operations.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: First aid and medical provision.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Locations: Korenbloem in the Dover Strait, England/Optik 8 miles SE of Arbroath, Scotland/Osprey III 5.5 nm north of Macduff, Scotland.
Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations.