Safety Alert: Entrapment by hatch cranes
30 June 2018 a fatal hatch crane entrapment occurred on board the Beauforce, the second fatal entrapment on that [...]
Safety Alert: Recognizing Fire Hazards & Proper Cargo Stowage
Following recent RoRo vessel fires, ICHCA and our partners have continued discussing fire hazards & proper cargo stowage. [...]
Safety Alert: Essential to maintain handling equipment, operate safe systems of work and train operators
A mechanic died while repairing a forklift truck. The experienced employee was working with a new employee as they [...]
Safety Alert: Injury resulting in amputation
During operations to load a container to a vessel deck, a ground lock was seen to have moved at [...]
Safety Alert: Mooring launch crushed against the side of a container vessel
The aft mooring launch sat at the stern of a containership, waiting for the third line to be lowered [...]
Safety Alert: Familiarising Fire Emergency Responders with Vessels, Ports and Terminals
The investigation has started into the fire on board the Grande Costa D'Avorio - in which two firefighters tragically [...]
Safety Alert: Risk assessment, safe system of work and adequate supervision required to prevent unsafe custom and practice in forklift truck operations
An employee’s leg was crushed by forklift truck when he was struck on a pedestrian crossing. The worker had [...]
Safety Alert: HSE safety notice Hydrogen Sulphide
There have been a number of significant incidents globally in recent years relating to hydrogen sulphide, either during the [...]
Safety Alert: Uncontrolled movement of spreader bar
A vessel was set up alongside a barge in preparation for the subsea deployment of a 16″ (40cm) spool. [...]
Safety Alert: right lower right leg severed in mooring incident
German Federal Maritime Casualty Investigation report 6/22 examines an incident where a deckhand’s foot became caught in the eye [...]