What happened A crew member injured his finger while opening an emergency fire flap. The incident occurred after an annual test of the deluge system during which the emergency fire […]
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Fall leading to serious personal injury
What happened A crew member suffered a fall leading to concussion and other serious injuries. The incident happened when he was single-handedly trying to hold and manoeuvre a drill tool […]
Near miss: failure of work procedures during hot work at height
What happened? During a crew change handover walk around the vessel hull, the Master observed a welder working close to the open/unsecured edge of a PS davit area. The incident […]
LTI: finger injury caused while working with oil drums
What happened? A crewmember suffered a fracture to the right-hand ring finger whilst arranging 200l oil drums. The injured person was moving drums from a container using a pallet truck, […]
Near miss – diving operations while alongside
What happened? A vessel main engine was started while the divers were in the water, and the engine was immediately shut down again by the bridge. The diver was able […]
Fatal fall from height on-board Seatruck Pace in Liverpool in December 2018
What happened? The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published accident Investigation Report 9/19 into a fatal fall from height. A crewman from the Cypriot registered ro-ro freight vessel […]
Vessel hit moored barge whilst turning
What happened? Whilst turning in a river port, a vessel collided with a moored barge. The vessel`s port quarter grazed the starboard bow of the barge at around 0.1 knots. […]
Fire in the accommodation: electronic items in cabins
What happened? An incident occurred on board a vessel which almost escalated into a serious accommodation fire. A crew member finished his work for the day and returned to his […]
Gangway damaged when lifting line parted
What happened? A lifting line failed whilst vessel crew were lifting the gangway to stow it in position on departure from an anchorage. The gangway was hoisted to a position […]
Lifeboat damaged during deployment drill
What happened A lifeboat was damaged because of equipment failure during a routine deployment drill. During a routine boat drill in port, the starboard lifeboat was lowered to water level. […]
Lost time injury – person slipped on the stairs and broke his arm
What happened? A member of the engine room team suffered a serious injury to his left forearm while carrying a pail of lubrication oil from the steering flat to the […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Finger injury during main engine exhaust valve overhaul
What happened An engineer suffered a crushed finger when there was an unplanned movement of a main engine exhaust valve during maintenance. The second engineer and a fitter were working […]
Loss of sight in right eye: Misdiagnosis of illness
What happened A crew member on an ocean-going cargo vessel lost the sight in his right eye. He was self-medicating what he thought was a common cold for 4-5 days […]
LTI: Finger injury during pilot ladder preparation
What happened? An Ordinary Seaman was injured while rigging the pilot ladder during arrival in port. In preparation before rigging the ladder, a floodlight was being lowered by the crewman. […]
LTI: Hand injury resulting from clothing catching on door
What happened? Crew were standing down from mooring stations after a vessel left port. One crewman was passing through a heavy door, when the left sleeve of his overalls got […]
Lost time injury (LTI): leg injured while dealing with vent flaps
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member suffered a serious leg injury whilst closing ventilation flaps. Two crewmen, one an AB, the other a more inexperienced […]
Vessel made contact with quay
A member has reported an incident in which a vessel landed heavily on the quay, causing damage.The incident occurred during the hours of darkness, during shifting of the vessel’s position […]
Serious finger injury during valve installation
A member has reported an incident in which a second engineer suffered a serious injury leading to the loss of the tip of his left middle finger. The incident occurred […]
‘Routine’ task, non-routine result: A fall from a crane ladder leads to an LTI
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman fell from a fixed ladder injuring himself. The incident occurred when, after familiarising the shore-side crane operator, an Able Seaman […]
Restricted work case (RWC): Injury to eye during deck washing
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member was injured while washing down the main deck. While washing, the hose had developed a twist. The crew member, […]
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