Mars Reports 2014
TheNautical Institute has issued a Mars Report regardingcareless work practices.
Three crew were in the process of overhauling a tank cleaning machine for one of the cargo tanks. At the end of the overhaul the cleaning machine was being repositioned in the hold using a tripod winch.
As the inlet housing of the cleaning machine was being lowered in a controlled manner using the tripod winch, one of the crew inserted his fingers under the flange to retain the O ring in its grove as it kept slipping out of position. The inlet housing was approximately five cm off its final resting place when the winch, clamped on tripod leg, suddenly and unexpectedly moved. This caused the inlet housing flange to drop on the middle finger of the crewman’s right hand causing deep lacerations.
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