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INJURY – BODY S. No. 17 Date 06-Feb-2013 Occurrence 17 - SAFE ACCESS During Superintendent visit to vessel underway to Istanbul, the swell of 2-2.5 mtrs made access by Pilot Ladder difficult. The shipstaff did not provide life vests till requested by the attending Superintendent. Type Impact Primary Near Miss Personnel Severity Not applicable Impact Secondary Lessons learnt All personnel transfers at sea, irrespective of method, should be treated as a Stand Alone operation and formal risk assessment carried out beforehand. If there are any concerns regarding the safety of the operation, the transfer should not happen. Life Vests were not provided to the embarking personnel even though the vessel had designated life vests for this purpose and this was part of the control measure in the risk assessment Message to the Industry Personnel being transferred should be briefed prior transfer, should be familiar with mode, be physically fit for safe transfer and agree to the intended activity. A personal floatation device such as self inflating lifejacket with light and whistle and with crotch strap etc. is preferred to conventional SOLAS lifejackets which make movement via accommodation ladders / Pilot ladder restrictive and more hazardous. Remarks Many lives continue to be lost at sea during personnel transfer as the correct procedures are not understood well or followed or control measures not taken fully. Submitted by File upload Added Time [email protected] Wallem_shell_incident_sharing.xlsx 06-Feb-2013 02:56:11