An overview of a domestic commercial vessel incident investigation, investigation findings and safety messages to prevent a similar incident from occurring on board your vessel.
Safety lessons (domestic)
The stability book didn’t meet relevant standards and wasn't followed properly.
Passenger behaviour results in overboard incident
Excessive speed leads to collision and passenger injuries
Propeller strike injury – due to poor safety management system implementation
No safe access provided: Contractor falls overboard whilst disembarking
Crew member crush injury – line handling.
Excessive speed causes injuries
Parasailing incident leaves passengers injured; operator fails to report
Fatigue puts fishing vessel on the rocks
Explosion: Lithium-ion battery system involved in thermal runaway event onboard a domestic commercial vessel.
‘Experience’ fails to prevent vessel capsize, which a proper risk assessment could have identified
Passenger vessel fire and evacuation
Passenger vessel collision with unseen submerged rock.
Passenger seriously injured after falling down stairwell.
Passenger vessel flooded after access door was left open.
Speed and visibility play part in vessel collision.
Poor risk assessment contributes to charter vessel running aground.
Lack of regular planned maintenance results in engine fire
Poor risk assessment of river entrance bar crossing results in near misses with surfers.
Unheeded weather warnings result in fishing charter vessel flooding.
Inspection cover removal leads to catamaran sinking
Person overboard without lifejacket following risky behaviour in adverse weather conditions.
Fatigue contributes to fishing vessel grounding
Person overboard without lifejacket following risky behaviour in adverse weather conditions
Work boat capsizes while relocating shifted mooring.
No risk assessments and gate design results in passengers overboard.
No risk assessments and gate design results in passengers overboard.
Handover procedures and distraction contribute to channel marker collision.
Fatigue contributing to fishing vessel grounding.
Practical lessons from person overboard incidents
Trawler inpull winch reduces risk of person overboard