The Hong Kong Marine Department issued a merchant shipping information note to urge for caution and share lessons learned from a recent fatal fall of a bosun from stairway onboard a Hong Kong-registered bulk carrier. The autopsy showed the bosun was drunk when he fell.
The incident
When the bulk carrier anchored in port to wait for a berth, it encountered bad weather and rolled moderately, with sudden and heavy rolling at times.
At the material time, when the bosun was walking up a stairway in the...
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