Investigation Report
Safety warning after vertical chute evacuation drill results in loss of 1 life
Safety warning after vertical chute evacuation drill results in loss of 1 life
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueMarine Operations
- Risk management
- Marine operations
- Personal protective equipment
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFitness assessmentRisk assessmentSafety-case assurance
- Marine industry
- Port and quayside
Summary
This MAIB bulletin presents interim recommendations following a fatal vertical-chute evacuation drill in Dover harbour. A volunteer became trapped and lost consciousness during rescue. Recommendations address volunteer fitness, lifejackets that cannot ride up, reassessment of drill and emergency evacuation risks, and removal of potential chute blockages through redesign or other means.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Fitness assessment.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety-case assurance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Port and quayside; quayside; harbour; harbor.
Summary
This documents makes recommendations to shipping companies who have, or intend to have, vertical-chute marine evacuations and to manufacturers/authorising bodies of such systems.
Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, marine operations.