The dangers of performing maintenance tasks on boats while machinery is running have been highlighted in the official investigation into an accident on a fishing vessel off Erris Head in Co Mayo last year.
The skipper of the MFV James Collins was seriously injured when his leg was caught in the vessel’s propeller shaft while attempting to clear debris from the bilge pump on the morning of 20 April 2012.
Jonathan O’Donnell, aged 26 at the time, suffered significant soft tissue damage to his left leg and broke his trivia, fibia and ankle in the incident. Luckily the leg did not require amputation and he is expected to make a full recovery….
Afloat.ie 13/02/2013, Read the article ‘Neglect of safety procedures led to leg injury on fishing vessel – MCIB’
