Transport Malta reviews of a severe harm to a crew member, throughout crane operations within the port Santa Margherita Ligure.
The Incident
On January 11, 2021, the grasp of a common cargo hopper dredger grew to become critically injured in Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy whereas the vessel was engaged in crane operations through the discharge of a cargo of boulders.
The vessel’s crane was getting used to switch boulders from the cargo maintain and place them in place on the breakwater. The grasp, who was on responsibility on the time, walked ahead to test on some upkeep, which the crew had carried out earlier. On his approach again to theaccommodation, he determined to test on the standing of the cargo maintain.
Whereas checking on the cargo, the crane turned in direction of the breakwater and trapped the grasp in between the physique of the crane and the hatch coaming. Consequently, the grasp sustained severe accidents to his torso.
Transport Malta’s Marine Security Investigation Unit discovered that the grasp was trapped between the coaming and the physique of the crane whereas he was trying contained in the cargo maintain, that he might have missed the SMS Handbook prohibition of free entry to the open deck throughout crane operations, that the ship’s management model contributed to an eroded communication construction, and that the grasp missed the markings indicating the crane’s swinging space.
Security actions taken
Following the accident, the Firm revised the HAZID doc which recognized potential main hazards related to the operation of the vessel.
Suggestions
The corporate is advisable to:
02/2022_R1 Set up bodily limitations methods to all deck accesses and across the crane previous to the graduation of crane operations.
02/2022_R2 Be certain that becoming a member of officers don’t discover themselves in a state of affairs the place they’re anticipated to imagine accountability with out getting an in depth handover and prior data of vital points of the ship’s operations.
02/2022_R3 Assess the dangers associated to entry to the crane’s cabin from starboard facet, making an allowance for the open cargo maintain.
02/2022_R4 Be certain that crew employed on board, with particular reference to officers, can talk in English, and that each one crew members can talk within the decided working language.
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