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Marine casualty synopsis On 11 April 2014 M/T ROYAL OAK was at Piraeus anchorage where she had arrived in order to be delivered to a new owner and managing company. The new owner had registered ROYAL OAK to Marshall Islands’ Registry and a provisional Certificate of Registry was issued on 10 April 2014. Also, vessel was undergoing surveys by her new Classification Society and the Flag Administration for issuance of statutory Certificates. At 1400, the technician boarded on M/T ROYAL OAK, in order to inspect and re-program the GMDSS radio equipment of the ship. As soon as he finished his job and approximately at 1650, during his disembarkation from the vessel’s starboard side main deck accommodation ladder and whilst attempting to board on the fore deck of the launch boat DRAKON TAXIARXIS, he fell into the water. At that moment he was conscious and he tried to swim. At the same time, crew members from ROYAL OAK and the launch boat threw life rings with line, in order to assist him. Few seconds later, the Chief Officer of ROYAL OAK, who had already embarked the launch boat, noticed that the technician was unconscious and immediately jumped into the water to rescue him. He used a life ring and managed to catch him, however he was not able to get him on board the launch. ROYAL OAK’s crew lowered the accommodation ladder further, to assist the technician’s body to be placed on the ladder’s lower platform. As soon as he was placed on the platform Chief Officer immediately started providing CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation). Thereafter, with ROYAL OAK crew’s assistance, the technician was placed on board the launch boat which immediately sailed for the port of Keratsini, while Chief Officer continued providing CPR. At the same time Port Authority, Company’s DPA and Agents were informed and requested an ambulance to be on standby at Keratsini port to transfer the technician to the hospital immedi-ately upon arrival. Once the launch boat arrived in dock, the technician was carried ashore and the ambulance’s
crew confirmed his death.
According to the coroner’s report, his death was caused by cardiac arrest.
Additional information
With regard to the cause of the fall limited information was provided due to the fact that nobody
from the vessel and the launch boat had seen how the technician fell into the water. Technician’s body type limited his movements during the disembarkation. He also limped on
his left foot due to a past surgery.
Technician was carrying a bag with tools on his back .
During disembarkation, the launch boat was pitching and rolling due to a slight swell.
HBMCI conducts the safety investigation of the above mentioned marine casualty. The content of this Interim Report is based on current available information and data collected and analyzed during the safety investigation process into captioned marine casualty. The completion of the procedure as defined in relevant legislation may reveal or identify new information, data or evidence and consequently cause changes or amendments in data provided by this Interim Report. Time referred in the text is local time.
Investigation
The safety Investigation and analysis has highlighted contributing and underlined fac-tors that resulted to the examined marine accident. Such factors include the risk during embarkation from ships on launches, espe-cially for people who carry luggage and face physical difficulties. Such risk should be evalu-ated and lead to additional measures to en-hance the safety of such a procedure.
A draft safety Investigation re-port is under preparation and is expected to be finalized shortly and circulated to involved and interested parties for consulta-tion.
INTERIM REPORT Art. 16.2 Law 4033/2011 (art. 14.2 Directive 2009/18/EC)
MARINE CASUALTY SAFETY INVESTIGATION
Loss of life of technician during disembarkation from M/T “ROYAL OAK” Marine casualty
Safety Investigation
Law 4033/2011 as amended and applies
(summary extract of art. 1.b, 4.1.a
& 4.1.b)
The conduct of Safety Investiga-
tions into marine casualties or
incidents is independent from
criminal, discipline, administrative
or civil proceedings whose
purpose is to apportion blame or
determine liability. The sole
objective of the conduct of a
safety investigation is to ascertain
the circumstances that caused the
marine accident or incident
through analysis, to draw useful
conclusions and lessons learned
that may lead, if necessary, to
safety recommendations or
proposals addressed to parties or
stakeholders involved in order to
take remedial actions, aiming to
prevent or avoid future marine
accidents.
Final safety Investigation Report
Points of Interest
This Interim Report has been prepared by virtue of art. 16.2 Law 4033/2011, as applies (art. 14.2 Directive 2009/18/EC) as the full investigation report will not be published within 12 months of the marine accident date.
● The Interim Report has been published for the sole purposes of the safety investigation process with no litigation in mind and should be inadmissible to any judicial or other p r o c e e d i n g s (administrative, discipli-nary, criminal or civil) whose purpose is to attribute or apportion blame or liability.
● The Interim Report only aims to present a concise summary of the events occurred on 11 April 2014 that led to a very serious marine casualty.
● The Interim Report does not constitute legal advise in any way and should not be construed as such.
Very serious marine casualty April 2015
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The final safety Investigation report will subsequently be issued following the consultation period.
M/T ROYAL OAK L/B DRAKON TAXIARCHIS
ROYAL OAK’s Accommodation ladder Launch boat’s fore deck
FACTUAL INFORMATION
VESSELS’ PARTICULARS
Name ROYAL OAK DRAKON TAXIARCHIS
Flag Marshall Islands Greece
Registry Majuro Piraeus 10433
Ship΄s type Oil Tanker Passenger Launch
ΙΜΟ 9164213 N/A
Call sign V7FA6 SVA3576
LOA (m) 220.20 15.00
Breath (m) 32.20 3.80
Year of built 1999 2010
Construction material Steel GRP
Gross Tonnage 40705 23.23 (GRT)
Net Tonnage 21529 15.58 (NRT)
Engine / Power WARTSILA 6RTA62U/ 11996 KW 2 x VOLVO PENTA D6 370 A-D / 370 HP
Classification Society DNV-GL (from 12 Apri2014) N/A
Minimum safe manning 16 1
Crew 11 1
Marine Casualty Information
Date & time 11-04-2014, at approx. 16.50
Type of marine casualty Very serious marine casualty
Location of casualty Piraeus anchorage, Greece
Fatalities / injuries One
Weather conditions Clear weather, wind S 4-5 Bf, light swell, daylight
Marine casualty
Safety Investigation
Law 4033/2011 as amended and applies
(Conjunction extract of art. 1.b,
4.1.a & 4.1.b)
The conduct of Safety Investiga-
tions into marine casualties or
incidents is independent from
criminal, discipline, administra-
tive or civil proceedings whose
purpose is to apportion blame or
determine liability. The sole
objective of the conduct of a
safety investigation is to ascertain
the circumstances that caused
the marine accident or incident
through analysis, to draw useful
conclusions and lessons learned
that may lead, if necessary, to
safety recommendations or
proposals addressed to parties or
stakeholders involved in order
to take remedial actions, aiming
to prevent or avoid future marine
accidents.