Are We Learning from Enclosed Space Accidents
I have a special relationship with enclosed spaces. Even the image of an enclosed space makes me phobic. As a young deck boy, I would avoid going into enclosed spaces, make all sorts of excuses, manipulate paperwork, and beg my senior cadet and bosun to swap roles whilst taking on a ‘supervisory’ duty standing by […]
Enclosed space risks – the delusion of measurement and control
Enclosed space fatalities have been haunting the maritime industry for many decades. Let’s step back and ask what is the problem at hand?Oxygen deficiency and presence of toxic gases within a few cubic meters of space? It shouldn’t be a big deal to get inside and come out alive, right? And yet, the number of […]