Don’t cut corners when mooring your ship

Don’t cut corners when mooring your ship

Mooring a ship safely usually requires more than one person at each mooring station. In a recent Mars Report, the focus was on getting the job done instead of doing it safely. The work-around the crew member came up with unfortunately cost him his life. The Mars...
How not to carry out work aloft on board a ship

How not to carry out work aloft on board a ship

Improvised procedures, wrongful use of machinery and equipment and bypassing safety switches. Sometimes a single Mars Report can tell you exactly how not to carry out a relatively simple task. The incident described here covers work aloft foregoing any kind of risk...