Investigation Report
Safety warning after watchkeeper falls asleep resulting in grounding of beam trawler
Safety warning after watchkeeper falls asleep resulting in grounding of beam trawler
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- FatigueHuman FactorsMarine Operations
- FatigueVessel grounding
- Navigation
- Alarm management
- Commercial fishing
- Vessel
Summary
This safety bulletin describes Jacoba grounding after its sole watchkeeper fell asleep while returning from fishing grounds, causing heavy vessel damage. It recommends that fishing vessel owners and skippers ensure any fitted watch alarm is sufficiently loud and has secondary backup to alert other crew if the initial alarm remains uncancelled.
Classifications: Fatigue; worker fatigue; alertness impairment.
Classifications: Vessel grounding.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Commercial fishing.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
This documents makes an urgent recommendation to fishing vessel owners and skippers.
Themes: fatigue, human factors, marine operations.