The third assistant engineer died after picking up a live wire while conducting electrical repairs
A safety audit carried out more than a month after a fatality on board has identified deviations that pose a threat to personnel.
A US Coast Guard (USCG) report into a fatality on board an ExxonMobil-controlled chemical tanker has revealed how the shipowner failed to notify the loss of life to a classification society during a safety-management-system audit.
The incident dates back to January 2009 on board the 47,781-dwt Wilmington (built 1984), when third assistant engineer Christopher Erickson died after picking up a live wire while conducting electrical repairs.
A USCG probe into the accident found numerous safety failings and identifiable deviations from the International Safety Management [ISM] code and Safety Management System, which posed a threat to personnel.
