The safety issues discussed in the report are: Adequacy of liftboat safety systems; Adequacy of offshore worker indoctrination for emergencies; Adequacy of hull maintenance inspections; Adequacy of weather and sea height information for determining safe liftboat operating conditions; Adequacy of company policy directives to operators for liftboat crew and passenger safety; Adequacy of pending liftboat regulations; Lack of a severe weather plan for liftboat operations.
Marine Accident Report - Capsizing and Sinking of the U.S. Liftboat M/V AVCO V, Gulf of Mexico, July 31, 1989
1991
63 pages
Report
No indication
English