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INJURY – BODY
S. No. 4 Date 09-Jan-2013 Occurrence 04 - During mooring and unmooring operations at an oil terminal the tug company complained that the ship was using weights at the end of heaving lines. One of these, reportedly heavy 25mm long rubber weights, struck the tugs man overboard smoke/light float and dislodged it from its mounting and the weight narrowly missed a deck hand who fortunately was not injured Type Impact Primary Incident Property Severity Impact Secondary Minor
Lessons learnt Look for safety in everything we do routinely. Simple things, such as Messenger line in this case, when not properly checked can lead to incidents and injuries and can be overlooked during routine shipboard operations. In some areas, the compensation claim or detentions that may follow can be damaging. Message to the Industry Please circulate ?????=?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????I??????????????????????????????????????????????=9?iI