Archive for 'Accident Report' Category
Another lifeboat incident …
The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) have released a report into the incident onboard the Volendam in January 2011, in which a crew member sadly lost their life. “On the afternoon of 8 January 2011, the passenger vessel Volendam was alongside in Lyttelton. Some of the crew were carrying out routine maintenance on [...]
Making sure your children have fun safely this summer …
There is a point to this whether you’re a parent, you’re in maritime H&S or you’re otherwise responsible for safety and ‘risk assessment’ … Background While I’m not a parent myself, I’m ’Uncle Chris’ to some wonderful children and I know that there are few things better than seeing a child having fun and being happy, which makes something [...]
The MAIB release a Safety Bulletin relating to fast rescue craft safety
Following from my earlier post regarding the unfortunate accident involving the Tombarra the MAIB have released a safety bulletin relating to the incident. The bulletin highlights the concerns of the MAIB over the weight of the fast rescue craft involved in the accident, and the fact that other similar boats are likely to be affected. The [...]
Latest MAIB Safety Digest published
The latest edition of the MAIB Safety Digest series has been published in the last few days. As usual with the Safety Digest, there are plenty of safety lessons for anyone involved in maritime operations, whether you are a crew-member, officer or shore based staff. As Don Cockrill says in his introduction to the Merchant Vessel [...]
Enclosed Space Entry – proper Risk Assessment is vital!
An accident onboard the chemical tanker Bow De Jin illustrates all too well the risks associated with entering enclosed spaces, as well as the ever-present risk that even an experienced crew-member will get caught out … On 24th November 2009 the 41 year old Chief Mate of the Bow De Jin, a seafarer with nearly twenty years experience, collapsed [...]
Risk Assessment for scaffolding onboard ship – why it is so important.
The ATSB has published their report into an accident onboard the United Treasure off Port Kembla, New South Wales in July 2009. Two seafarers were seriously injured in the incident, when the tower scaffold they were working on toppled over. They suffered multiple fractures as a result of falling 8m, and were evacuated from the vessel [...]
OGP Safety Alert – Hot Work Leads to Fire
Country: AUSTRALIA – Asia/Australasia Location: — Incident Date: — Time: — Type of Activity: Maintenance, Inspection, Testing Type of Injury: Explosion / Burn Function: Other A recent fire on a normally unattended platform has highlighted the requirement to ensure that risk assessments are conducted as thoroughly as possible and are not overreliant on referencing previously conducted risk assessments from similar tasks.The fire was [...]
Maritime Darwin Awards
While I have no wish to make light of an incident that involved someone getting injured, a recent MARS report has me somewhat intrigued. You can read the report here for yourself: MARS Report 201046 – Empty thinner drum explosion What intrigues me here is that, if we accept the facts as presented to us, [...]
Fatality on board an Australian registered floating storage and offloading tanker…
This report comes from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau. The full report is available in PDF format here. At about 1815 on 24 December 2008, the Australian registered floating storage and offloading tanker, Karratha Spirit, began disconnecting from its mooring buoy at the Legendre Oil Field, about 60 miles north of Dampier, Western Australia, because [...]
Tank Cleaning Incident – 3 fatalities
This accident report was sent anonymously, and clearly demonstrates the need for a full Risk Assessment prior to certain work being carried out. The source of ignition was Hot Work on deck, which completed the dreaded fire triangle … Date of Incident: July 2010 Incident Type: Fire & Explosion Incident Consequence: Fatalities, Missing Crew & Structural [...]