The IMCA presents an incident where during launch testing of a lifeboat, a turnbuckle and shackle weighing 7kg fell 23m from the davit onto the boat.
Incident
During the launch testing of a lifeboat, a critical incident occurred. A turnbuckle and shackle, collectively weighing 7 kilograms, fell approximately 23 meters from the davit.
The equipment landed perilously close, within a meter, of a worker who was in the process of securing the falls at the lifeboat hatch....
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