Tag: lessons learned

IMCA draws lessons learned from two incidents related to poor energy isolation practices on a ship and unauthorized electrical modifications.

CHIRP Maritime draws lessons learned from a case involving severe fatigue and mental health breakdown in a chief officer aboard a coastal LPG vessel.  This report was first issued in August 2021 and reissued in June 2025. The reporter informed CHIRP of serious mental health issues due to fatigue and high levels of stress concerning a chief officer who was working on an LPG  vessel. The vessel was trading on a coastal voyage route with very short distances between ports. The contract time for the chief officer was 3 months but the chief  officer had worked an additional 4 months while awaiting a relief. A deck officer had been repatriated on medical and disciplinary grounds, leaving the chief officer with only two other deck officers. The reporter stated that cargo operations were extremely demanding due to the short port times and fast loading and unloading operations. The port rotations,  and the grades and quantities of cargo, were never known until the last moment which made planning uncertain and stressful. Crew numbers were insufficient (the chief officer frequently had to take the helm due to the lack of crew), there was a lack of personal protective equipment and consumable stores on ...

The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) has issued an investigation report into an incident where a crew member onboard a Bahamas-flagged passenger vessel fell from height onto a lashing platform. 

BSEE draws lessons learned from an incident where the fatigue cracking of ¾-inch pipe nipple led to offshore gas release.

The Swedish Club has issued its Monthly Safety Scenario for June, describing an incident where two crew members were burned by hot water.

CHIRP Maritime draws lessons learned from a hazardous incident involving improper chemical drum labelling and residual acid exposure. 

IMCA draws lessons learned from crew members that sustained injuries on two separate incidents relating to sharp objects.

CHIRP Maritime draws lessons learned from an incident where a fire extinguisher on a Ro-Ro ferry was rendered inaccessible due to a poorly placed ratchet strap securing cargo. 

IMCA draws lessons learned from an incident where a worker sustained a back injury while transiting through a lightening hole within a confined space. 

BSU draws lessons learned from a fatal injury of a crewmember due to the tipping over of a vertically stowed stack of steel plate.