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    An explosion and fire occurred in the engine room of an Indian ship while undergoing dry dock repairs at a foreign shipyard. The dry dock workers were cutting bolts near a fuel tank using gas cutting equipment when the explosion happened, killing 10 of the dry dock workers. The escape routes were not clearly marked in the local language, preventing rescue of the workers. Lessons from this incident include carefully assessing work locations for hot work, clearly identifying and communicating escape routes, and maintaining oversight of repair activities by ship officers.

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    An explosion and fire occurred in the engine room of an Indian ship while undergoing dry dock repairs at a foreign shipyard. The dry dock workers were cutting bolts near a fuel tank using gas cutting equipment when the explosion happened, killing 10 of the dry dock workers. The escape routes were not clearly marked in the local language, preventing rescue of the workers. Lessons from this incident include carefully assessing work locations for hot work, clearly identifying and communicating escape routes, and maintaining oversight of repair activities by ship officers.

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    M.S. Notice 1 of 1998: Lessons To Be Learned

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    An explosion and fire occurred in the engine room of an Indian ship while undergoing dry dock repairs at a foreign shipyard. The dry dock workers were cutting bolts near a fuel tank using gas cutting equipment when the explosion happened, killing 10 of the dry dock workers. The escape routes were not clearly marked in the local language, preventing rescue of the workers. Lessons from this incident include carefully assessing work locations for hot work, clearly identifying and communicating escape routes, and maintaining oversight of repair activities by ship officers.

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    THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF SHIPPING - INDIA

    M.S. Notice 1 of 1998


    During the dry docking of an Indian ship in one of the foreign dry docks an explosion followed by a severe fire occurred in the Engine Room of the ship. The circumstances which caused the explosion and the subsequent fire, are as indicated below: A. The vessel was handed over to the dry dock personnel, in as far as the safety and fire prevention of the vessel was concerned. This was clearly indicated by a notice to ship's personnel by the dry dock authorities. B. The dry dock personnel were engaged in gas cutting the nuts and bolts of a flange, which was located in the vicinity of a fuel tank in the Engine Room. C. It is inferred that the explosion occurred due to the said gas cutting carried out by the dock yard personnel. As a result of the above explosion and fire 10 shore personnel belonging to the dock yard lost their lives. The shore fire fighting personnel could not rescue them since the escape routes were not marked in the local language. LESSONS TO BE LEARNED 1. A careful examination and assessment of the location should be carried out prior to undertaking any hot work. 2. Escape routes and emergency exits should be clearly identified and made known to the shore personnel prior to handing over charge of the ship. 3. A continuous vigil by ships officers on various repairs activities even under above circumstances is imperative.

    Sd/(Capt. R.K.Awasthi) Nautical Surveyor

    http://www.dgshipping.com/dgship/final/notices/note1_98.htm [6/17/2007 8:57:02 AM]

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