Investigation Report
Person overboard from beam trawler Vidar with loss of 1 life
Person overboard from beam trawler Vidar with loss of 1 life
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine Operations
- DrowningRisk management
- Fishing operationsNavigation
- LadderPersonal protective equipment
- Competence and trainingEvacuation, escape and rescueRisk assessment
- Commercial fishing
- Vessel
Summary
Investigation of a fatal man-overboard accident from the Belgian beam trawler Vidar off Milford Haven. Rough seas swept a deckhand from a walkway. The report examines deck-work risk assessment, passage monitoring, unused lifejackets and locator beacons, cold water shock, and difficulties recovering him without dedicated equipment or practised drills.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Fishing operations.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
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: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
An investigation into a fatal person-overboard event involving a beam trawler.
Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations.