Real Life Incident: Ladder Deficiency Allows Fall To Quay

A general cargo ship was berthed to load steel products. The ship had a gantry crane which ran on rails on the coaming each side of the holds and was used to lift or replace the hatch covers.

A crew member was climbing down from the gantry crane control area to the deck. While proceeding down the ladder, the crew member lost their footing on one of the upper rungs. They initially fell to a platform on the lower part of the gantry crane, but the momentum from the initial fall carried them over the platform railing and then down over the ship’s side railing before finally landing on the quay.

The ladder in question was equipped with a protective cage and the platform under…

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