The UK P&I Club focuses on one common injury onboard; burns. They explain what a burn is, the structure of the human skin and how to cope with an injury when onboard.
To begin with, the Club notes that in the majority of cases, burn casualties reported were able to make a full recovery after receiving appropriate first aid or professional medical treatment ashore.
The most common type of burn is caused by steam and hot fluid burns and scalds. The Club’s claims experience indicates that the largest proportion of steam and hot fluid burns occur in the machinery spaces although other high risk environments include the galley, mess rooms and areas where high temperature tank cleaning or cargo operations are being performed.
This kind of accident mostly take place in the engine room when steam and hot oil systems are opened up for maintenance or inspection.
In addition, the high risk of burn injuries leading to serious complications means that in the possibility of a crew burn incident, the master, ship manager or telemedicine service will require or recommend that the vessel deviates to the nearest port or place where medical facilities are available to administer appropriate treatment.
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