Investigation Report
Person overboard from general cargo vessel Joanna with loss of 1 life
Person overboard from general cargo vessel Joanna with loss of 1 life
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Evacuation, Escape and Rescue
- DrowningFalls from heightLeadership and safety cultureRisk management
- Cargo transferWorking at height
- Personal protective equipmentRescue craft
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFall preventionOperating and work proceduresRisk assessment
- Marine industry
- Port and quaysideVessel
Summary
An able seaman died following cold-water immersion alongside Glasgow, having almost certainly fallen while accessing Joanna’s hatch-cover straddle lift. The investigation examines unsafe platform access, probable alcohol impairment, worn protective equipment and delayed recovery. It identifies weaknesses in risk assessment and safety management, and records corrective action without further recommendations.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Cargo transfer; cargo handling.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Rescue craft; fast rescue craft; FRC; fast rescue boat; FRB.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue.