Don’t get wet feet – Embarkation and Disembarkation risks
Initial Report
A major charterer and ship manager has reviewed incidents involving injuries while embarking/disembarking ships. Three are shared here; most of us will have seen near misses like this in the past.
Disembarking from a vessel to a boat alongside, using the ship’s accommodation The person reportedly lost his balance while stepping on to the boat, and fell into the water.
Descending the vertical jetty ladder to board a barge, a cargo surveyor lost his grip, hit the deck of the barge and fell into the He suffered a broken knee, and injuries to his leg and head. The surveyor was carrying sampling bottles in his jacket.
While boarding a vessel using the ship’s accommodation ladder, the boat engaged in the transfer operation rose with the swell causing the person to be hit by the ship’s The person suffered a fracture to his leg.
CHIRP Suggests
Guidelines for some of these operations, as well as the equipments in use, are KNOW THE EQUIPMENT, KNOW AND OBSERVE THE GUIDELINES.
Scenarios, equipments and environmental conditions PAY ATTENTION; KEEP ALERT. This applies to both those that transfer and those that supervise the activity.
DON’T TRANSFER, OR ALLOW TRANSFER, UNLESS IT LOOKS AND FEELS INTERVENE IF NEEDED.
