03/09/2025
ONE DEAD AND 2 INJURED WHEN LIFEBOAT HOOKS OPENED DURING THE RECOVERY!!!💀Pls. Share to save lives!
In Portland, Maine, in the United States, one Canadian (Nova Scotian), sailor died and two others were injured during a lifeboat drill. Much like confined space deaths.
The U.S. coast guard report says a hook securing the lifeboat the men were in didn't lock properly and a warning device wasn't visible to the crew on board. The rig's lifeboat snapped its moorings as it was being hoisted aboard the rig.
"A lifeboat containing three workers was being lifted back to its stowed position aboard the oil rig, the Pride Rio de Janeiro, following a lifeboat drill when the boat's stern hook failed, dropping the lifeboat and the workers approximately 60 feet into the harbor.
"The workers should not have been in the lifeboat when it was being raised back to its stowed position," said C. William Freeman III, OSHA's area director for Maine. "OSHA standards prohibit it. Had proper safeguards been followed, they would not have been in the lifeboat after the drill and therefore not exposed to serious injury and death."
Original story Compiled by: Martin Leduc www.dieselduck.net,
If the FPD stops were fitted, even if the hooks failed and opened, the boat remained suspended safely!
OR if the FPD safety pin is fitted, it would prevent the hook from opening!
Provided that the FPD are fitted, if there is a way for the crew to board after lowering and disembark the boat before recovery, there will be no crew inside, worst case scenario would be loss of lifeboat in case something like this happens.
Fair winds and following seas! 🌊🚤
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