IMCASafety Flash
MSF: Gangway detached from vessel
- Publisher
- IMCA · International Marine Contractors Association
- Type
- Safety Flash
- Reference
- IMCA SF 14/13
- Date
- Themes
- Marine OperationsStructural and Asset IntegrityWorking at Height
Summary
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-23 regarding an incident in which the gangway platform got detached from the vessel, causing the platform and the gangway to drop approximately 0.5-1 m until it was left hanging by the securing ropes and the safety net.
IMCA SF 14/13. Themes: marine operations, structural and asset integrity, working at height.
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