Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) - Safety Digest 2/2002
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Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) - Safety Digest 2/2002 Contents Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations .........................................................................4 Introduction....................................................................................................................5 Part 1 Merchant Vessels ................................................................................................6 Case 1 Grounding of a Cargo Vessel Blocks River .....................................................7 Narrative...................................................................................................................................7 The Lessons..............................................................................................................................8 Footnote....................................................................................................................................8 Case 2 Melting Moments!..............................................................................................9 Narrative...................................................................................................................................9 The Lessons..............................................................................................................................9 Case 3 Checklist Fallibility!.........................................................................................11 Narrative.................................................................................................................................11 The Lessons............................................................................................................................12 Case 4 A Small Slip, A Big Fall...................................................................................13 Narrative.................................................................................................................................13 The Lessons............................................................................................................................13 Footnote..................................................................................................................................13 Case 5 Man Overboard in Rough Weather the Nightmare Scenario .....................14 Narrative.................................................................................................................................14 The Lessons............................................................................................................................14 Footnote..................................................................................................................................15 Case 6 Collision in Thick Fog Container Feeder Vessel/Class V Passenger Vessel16 Narrative.................................................................................................................................16 The Lessons............................................................................................................................17 Footnote..................................................................................................................................17 Case 7 Near Miss in Dover Strait TSS .......................................................................18 Narrative.................................................................................................................................18 The Lessons............................................................................................................................18 Case 8 Hatch Cover Control .......................................................................................20 Narrative.................................................................................................................................20 The Lessons............................................................................................................................20 Case 9 Poor Contacts Generate Heat and Fire..........................................................22 Narrative.................................................................................................................................22 The Lessons............................................................................................................................22 Case 10 Creep!..............................................................................................................23 Narrative.................................................................................................................................23 The Lessons............................................................................................................................23 Case 11 Eighty Two People Fall Down Ladders or Stairways.................................24 Narrative.................................................................................................................................24 Part 2 Fishing Vessels ..................................................................................................25 Case 12 Collision in the Dover Strait..........................................................................26 Narrative.................................................................................................................................26 The Lessons............................................................................................................................27 Footnote..................................................................................................................................28 Case 13 EPIRB Saves Two Lives................................................................................29 Narrative.................................................................................................................................29 The Lessons............................................................................................................................29 Footnote..................................................................................................................................30 Case 14 The Thinking Man!........................................................................................31 Narrative (1)...........................................................................................................................31 Narrative (2)...........................................................................................................................31 Narrative (3)...........................................................................................................................31 The Lessons............................................................................................................................31 Case 15 I Will if you Wont!.........................................................................................33 Narrative.................................................................................................................................33 The Lessons............................................................................................................................33 Case 16 He Who Hesitates...........................................................................................35 Narrative.................................................................................................................................35 The Lessons............................................................................................................................35 Footnote..................................................................................................................................36 Case 17 Ideas for Tackling Flooding..........................................................................37 Narrative.................................................................................................................................37 The Lessons............................................................................................................................37 Footnote..................................................................................................................................38 Case 18 Engine Room Flooding causes Another Fishing Vessel Loss.....................39 Narrative.................................................................................................................................39 The Lessons............................................................................................................................39 Footnote..................................................................................................................................40 Part 3 Leisure Craft.....................................................................................................41 Case 19 Be Prepared!...................................................................................................42 Narrative.................................................................................................................................42 The Lessons............................................................................................................................42 Case 20 The Cost of Cannon Firing ...........................................................................44 Narrative.................................................................................................................................44