As part of its Safety Flashes, IMCA provides lessons learned from three incidents relating to hatches and doors onboard. The first two incidents are findings from a tour of the engine room on a management inspection of a vessel and the third is an example of proper exercise of the “Stop Work Authority”.
#1: Fire door held open by wire
A fire door in the engine room was observed to be wired open – it was being kept open with a piece of wire. Investigation highlighted:
- Lack of safety awareness of the crew on the fire doors’ main purpose; and
- No-one challenged this unsafe condition.
IMCA notes that the deeper question as to why the door was wired open, is not dealt with here. Was it for convenience? Was it that the engine room was overheating?
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