MSF: High potential near-miss during cargo operations
- Safety Flash
- Published on 12 September 2013
- Generated on 9 November 2025
- IMCA SF 14/13
- 1 minute read
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-24 regarding an incident in which two crewmen narrowly escaped severe crush injuries whilst engaged in cargo back-loading operations alongside a platform.
Owing to inadequate communications, a load was lifted and began to swing without warning to crew working on deck.
Details of the incident are now available on request from the Marine Safety Forum.
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