MSF: person struck by tugger wire assembly
- Safety Flash
- Published on 3 October 2014
- Generated on 23 June 2025
- IMCA SF 16/14
- 1 minute read
The Marine Safety Forum has published a safety flash regarding an incident in which someone was struck by a tugger wire assembly, requiring subsequent hospitalisation.
What happened?
The incident occurred when a vessel was deploying a 15 Te anchor during a pre-lay operation. The rigging assembly parted and both tugger wires recoiled around the cargo barrier. The injured person was struck on the head and suffered head injuries.
The root causes of the incident lay in failure to properly identify and assess the risks of the particular task.
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