IMCASafety Flash
Serious LTI – Crew member slipped on deck breaking his leg
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 08/23
- Date
- Themes
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueManual HandlingSlips, Trips and Falls
Summary
Three engineering crew members were involved in the manual handling of a bunker hose from an upper storage area to a lower deck storage area accessed via a spiral staircase. One of the engineers slipped on a greasy area of the deck breaking his right leg (fibula or calf bone) in the fall.
IMCA SF 08/23. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, manual handling, slips, trips and falls.
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