man overboard

Constant training can help prevent man overboard incidents

Man overboard (MOB) incidents are among the top causes of injuries and fatalities on inland towing vessels, and preventing such incidents requires constant training and vigilance by all employees, from boat crews to shoreside personnel.

That’s a conclusion of a security expert who explained how Marathon Petroleum is confronting the problem during a Sept. 1 safety webinar organized by the American Waterways Operators as part of its Virtual Summer of Safety series.

Man overboard “is your number one...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/constant-training-can-help-prevent-man-overboard-incidents/

Real Life Incident: Ship-To-Ship Transfer Ends In Tragedy

Ship-To-Ship Transfer Ends In Tragedy

A chemical tanker planned to take on stores while underway via a small re-supply boat. The weather was fine with a slight sea and swell and light winds. The Masters of the two vessels had agreed on a rendezvous point and to undertake the ship-to-ship transfer operation on a heading of about 305° and at a speed of about four to five knots.

The tanker’s crane would be used to bring the stores on board. The re-supply boat came alongside the tanker and, without any lines attached, the tanker’s...

https://www.marineinsight.com/case-studies/real-life-incident-ship-to-ship-transfer-ends-in-tragedy/

Real Life Incident: OOW Loses Life After Falling Overboard While Inspecting Light And Smoke Signal

Small jobs lead to fatality

A deck crewmember went to the bridge to make a telephone call with the ship’s internet phone. While walking about on the bridge with the cordless phone, he went to the open outer door on the starboard side bridge wing, where he saw a slipper lying on the grating by the lifebuoy release station.

Realizing he had not seen the OOW when he came to the bridge, he concluded something was wrong. He immediately hung up and raised the alarm. The Master and others arrived on the bridge and the general...

https://www.marineinsight.com/case-studies/real-life-incident-oow-loses-life-after-falling-overboard-while-inspecting-light-and-smoke-signal/

Real Life Incident: Crew Member Slips From Pilot Ladder While Boarding

A tanker was at anchor and undertaking ship-to-ship discharging operations outside a port. Crew changes had been planned at this stop and boarding arrangements had been made using a service boat.

The on-signing crew boarded via the combination pilot ladder and gangway. The first four seafarers boarded safely. As the fifth crew was boarding, he stepped from the pilot ladder onto the lower platform of the accommodation ladder but then slipped and fell two meters into the sea.

The crew onboard...

https://www.marineinsight.com/case-studies/real-life-incident-crew-member-slips-from-pilot-ladder-while-boarding/

Man dead after going overboard from Color Magic

A German passenger from the ferry cruise ship Color Magic was found dead after falling overboard off Strømstad, in the North Sea, in the afternoon hours of Wednesday.

Following notification at about 7:30 pm, Swedish Maritime Rescue Center sent Rescue Helicopter Rygge to Skagerak, to search for a man overboard from the cruise ship.

Shortly before 20:00 pm, a rescue helicopter discovered a man in the sea, who was taken to hospital in Norway but declared dead.

The discovery was made at. 19.54 and the...

https://safety4sea.com/man-dead-after-going-overboard-from-color-magic/

Crew man falls overboard bulk carrier off Taiwan

A crew member went overboard from the Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier ‘KSL Singapore’ while the ship was 8.26 nautical miles Southwest of Orchid Island, Taiwan, according to data provided by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG).

The Filipino crew man was identified as Errald Danielle C. Caniel, a 23-year old resident of Parañaque, Manila.

The man was last seen onboard KSL Singapore around 1:30 PM, on 24 August and was noticed missing around 3 AM of the following day.

The bulk carrier reported the...

https://safety4sea.com/crew-man-falls-overboard-bulk-carrier-off-taiwan/

Missing US navy sailor identified as deceased

The US Department of Defense announced Tuesday the death of a sailor who is believed to have gone overboard from the US warship ‘Abraham Lincoln’, while supporting Operation Freedom’s Sentinel.

Aviation Electronics Technician 2nd Class Slayton Saldana, aged 24, had been listed Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown, following a 17 July non-combat, man overboard incident while underway in the Arabian Sea.

Saldana was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 5, part of Carrier Air Wing 7, assigned...

https://safety4sea.com/missing-us-navy-sailor-identified-as-deceased/

Lessons learned: Man overboard fatality when transferring from boat to boat

In its latest Safety Digest, UK MAIB analyzed a man overboard fatality, involving the transfer of an individual from a moored RHIB to a small inflatable dinghy. MAIB stressed that the two people onboard routinely wore lifejackets when they took the RHIB to sea, but did not wear them when rowing to the mooring to bail the boat.

The incident

The owner of a RHIB and a friend rowed a small inflatable dinghy out to the moored RHIB to bail out rain water.

It was a blustery afternoon so both men were...

https://safety4sea.com/lessons-learned-man-overboard-fatality-when-transferring-from-boat-to-boat/

Lessons learned: Man overboard fatality from world racing yacht

The UK MAIB issued an investigation report on the fatal man overboard incident involving the UK registered world racing yacht ‘CV30’ approximately 1500 nm west of Fremantle, Australia. Simon Speirs was initially secured to the yacht, but before he could be recovered his safety tether hook distorted and suddenly released.

The incident

On 18 November 2017, Simon Speirs fell overboard from the foredeck of the Clipper round the world racing yacht CV30 when approximately 1500nm west of Fremantle,...

https://safety4sea.com/lessons-learned-man-overboard-fatality-from-world-racing-yacht/

Master overboard fatality linked to his emotional state

The Marine Accident Investigation Committee (MAIC) of Cyprus issued an investigation report on the fatality of the Master of the bulk carrier ‘Evnia’, after falling into the sea from a rope ladder, while the ship was berthed in Chittagong Port, Bangladesh, in June 2018.

The incident

On 4 June 2018, the bulk carrier ‘Evnia’ was berthed in Chittagong Port – Karnaphuli River at Jetty No. 7 by starboard side alongside.

At about 19:50 LT, the Master with the Chief Officer and the Second Officer, went...

https://safety4sea.com/master-overboard-fatality-linked-to-his-emotional-state/

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