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CHIRP Annual Digest 2017

2. Safe Access

Safe access is a topic which should There is also a report about a ship simply did not fit! There is also an
be of concern to everyone, not just trying to transfer personnel to a accommodation ladder which became
the pilot, yet the reports in this helicopter and a launch at the same submerged – raising questions not
section indicate there are still many time, even though it was impossi- only about corrosion but also from
lessons to be learned. ble to ensure optimum conditions the perspective of the ISPS Code.
for both. A proper risk assessment
We are told about a gangway would have highlighted the dangers, The last report concerns a rather
spreader which was home-made but was not carried out. frightening bridge wing platform
and unsuitable, and the ship was which presented a serious tripping
lucky the pilot did not refuse to We learn about an accommodation hazard, especially at night, and
board. Such botched arrangements ladder wire which parted although combined with a very low bulwark to
cannot be justified, and may cause it had only been in service for 30 create the risk of falling from a great
delays to the vessel even if they do months, and the portable gangway height – dangerous enough at sea,
not injure anyone. ladder on a newly-built vessel which but surely fatal in port.

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