Transport Malta summarizes the security investigation into the hearth, which led to a fatality and a critical harm, on board an oil/chemical tanker.
The Incident
The tanker departed from the port of Livorno, Italy, certain for Gabes, Tunisia, on 09 September 2021. The engineers deliberate two upkeep duties for 11 September, certainly one of which was to be executed by the chief engineer, the motorman and the fitter on the vessel’s major deck, whereas the opposite was assigned to the second and the third engineers within the gas oil separators’ room.
In the course of the work within the separators’ room, a fireplace broke out and quickly unfold by way of varied components of the engine-room. Solely the third engineer managed to flee out of the house with critical accidents. The second engineer succumbed to his accidents, ensuing from the hearth.
The security investigation concluded that the hearth was triggered both by thermal oil, or an oil mist generated after the thermal oil gushing from an open-ended thermal oil department line, which was being unclogged by the second and third engineers. The precise ignition supply couldn’t be confirmed; nevertheless, the security investigation believes that the hearth was ignited when the recent thermal oil / oil mist got here into contact with warmth sources contained in the separators’ room.
Considering the actions by the Firm, the Marine Security Investigation Unit (MSIU) issued no suggestions.
Trigger
Three crew members suffered burn accidents, which had been deadly for certainly one of them, after a fireplace broke out within the separators’ room and unfold by way of the engine room.
Actions taken
The fireplace professional appointed by the Firm supplied an in depth de-briefing of his findings, throughout crew conferences held by the Firm in November 2021 and Might 2022. In the course of the second convention, the Firm’s CEO pressured the necessity for understanding and implementing the Firm’s ‘stop-work’ coverage.
The Firm’s investigation report was circulated amongst its fleet of vessels, and all vessels had been requested to conduct a rare security assembly to debate the findings of the report and the ‘stop-work’ coverage.
The Firm instructed all grasp and chief engineers serving with its fleet, to not perform any work on thermal oil methods in use for heating bunker oils, with out buying particular and detailed permission from the Firm.
The Firm applied a two-step approval course of, whereby a vessel now has to acquire permission from the Technical Division and the Marine Division previous to conducting upkeep work on any pressurized system.
The Firm approached all its vessels to make sure that upkeep on the free-flow functionality of thermal oil pipes (for heating bunker oils) has been ensured previous to the change-over to VLSFO.
The Firm simplified its security administration system (SMS), by following the Lovoy Technique, to make the understanding of the Firm’s insurance policies and procedures extra easy than they had been on the time of this accident.
Suggestions
In view of the conclusions reached and bearing in mind the security actions taken in the course of the course of the security investigation no suggestions have been issued.
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