Lessons learned

Learning from incidents – Falling / tripping in stairs / ladders

One of the most frequent personal injuries on board passenger-ships, are often falling or tripping while using stairs or ladders. Very little or no use of handrails at all, is in most cases the reason why people fall.

Lessons learned – Use of ECDIS maps and route planning

Many unwanted incidents, and groundings in particular, occur due to user errors or misunderstandings while using digital maps such as ECDIS. Both user errors and failure to update digital map systems may lead to critical and serious incidents.

Lessons learned – fell asleep on watch

The Norwegian Maritime Authority receives several accident reports where the listed cause is “fell asleep on watch”. In most cases, the crew do not suffer physical injury. However, vessels have been lost or sustained major material damage, and some accidents have caused environmental damage.

Rigger crushed and seriously injured by 3 Te flexible pipe end fitting – Flexible Lay

Lessons learned – personal accidents on trawlers

Despite an increased focus on safety and a general decline in the number of personal accidents in the fishing fleet, the Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMA) has noticed that serious personal accidents still happen in the trawler fleet.

Lessons learned – sources of fire on fishing vessels

The Norwegian Maritime Authority regularly receives reports on fires on fishing vessels, both on vessels in operation and vessels at berth.