Mars Reports 2015
The Nautical Institute has issued a Mars Report regardingthe operation of a gantry crane causing serious injury.
While in port, several cargo hold hatch cover pontoons had to be shifted from forward to aft. An officer was operating the hatch cover gantry crane and a deck crew member was standing nearby, but at one point the crew member was not within the field of view of the operating officer. It appears that the crew member was standing with his back to the oncoming gantry, so he did not see the gantry nor the flashing warning lights to indicate its operation. Additionally, the noise of the port may have drowned out the ringing of the gantry alarm.
The crew member’s coverall became stuck on the leg of the gantry and pulled his left hand and arm between the gantry crane leg and the structure of the cargo crane. The crew member’s left arm was severed at the elbow and the remaining tissue badly mangled. He was transported to a local hospital where the remaining part of his arm was surgically removed.
The company investigation determined, among other things, that safety is not achieved through rules and procedures alone but also depends on the actual actions of people.
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Source: Nautical Institute
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