BSAFE INCIDENT CASE STUDY: FATAL ACCIDENT DURING GANTRY CRANE OPERATIONS.Published: 23 May 2024
A STEVEDORE ON BOARD A GENERAL CARGO SHIP WAS FATALLY CRUSHED BETWEEN THE GANTRY CRANE AND A HATCH COVER DURING CARGO DISCHARGE IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM. DESPITE NO ONE WITNESSING THE INCIDENT, IT IS BELIEVED THAT HE POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN THE MOVING GANTRY CRANE AND THE HATCH COVER TO CHECK ON HIS TEAM’S PROGRESS WORKING IN THE HOLD.#BSafe #Accident #Study

Benzene Vapour Fatality Following Tank Entry. In their latest BSAFE case study, Britannia P&I Club reviewed a benzene vapour fatality aboard, following an unauthorised cargo tank entry. On 20 January 2024, while a ship was underway after discharging benzene, a cremember entered a cargo tank before enclosed-space entry procedures had been authorised and before confirming the atmosphere was safe. he was later found collapsed at the bottom of
the tank and, despite rescue efforts, did not survive. The investigation report concluded with the presumption that residual benzene vapours and oxygen-deficient atmosphere within the tank were the primary factors leading to his rapid incapacitation and subsequent fatality. #BritanniaPandI #BSafe #Tanker #BenzeneVapourFatality