Tag: lessons learned

CHIRP Maritime has shared a reported event about a vessel was provisioned with a month’s supplies for a two-month passage and planned anchorage, and the crew was instructed to ration its provisions.

CHIRP Maritime has shared a reported event about an officer who regularly slept on the bridge during solo morning watches (0400-0800) and relied on automated navigational alarms. Several crewmembers witnessed this behaviour over the course of a week.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which, a worker on a vessel suffered life-changing hand injuries.

Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report into a fatality on board the Maltese registered oil tanker SEAPRINCESS in TK Tuzla Shipyard, Türkiye on 14 August 2023.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has highlighted the urgent need to address hand and finger injuries following recent incidents.

In last year's safety statistics, a startling 42% of Lost Time Injuries (LTIs) reported by IMCA members were due to workers inadvertently placing themselves in the "Line of Fire."

The Marine Safety Forum presents an incident where a gangway operator on a Service Operation Vessel sustained a compound fracture of the right foot when the telescoping gangway frame retracted over it while attempting to connect to a Wind Turbine Generator amid challenging vessel movements.

The Marine Safety Forum presents an incident where a crew member assisting with Breathing Apparatus (BA) sets accidentally released high-pressure air while opening a BA set valve, resulting in air entering his finger and causing swelling, to draw lessons learned. 

IMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, during an annual test of an FRC (Fast Rescue Craft) and davit on a vessel in dry dock, the boat tipped forward and collided with a railing while the stern became stuck.

IMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, While a platform supply vessel was on passage through heavy seas, a large wave hit the vessel and a side scuttle (porthole) in one of the cabins broke loose from its frame, and was violently propelled across the cabin.