Classification
- Incident Type: Other (serious electrical injury)
- Severity: Medium
- Primary source: Dutch Safety Board shipping occurrences report
Vessel Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Vessel Name | Sea Golf |
| Vessel Type | Tug |
| Flag State | Netherlands [NL] |
| IMO Number | |
| Gross Tonnage | |
| LOA (m) |
Incident Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Date | 2015-11-15 |
| Location | Stavanger, Norway |
| Coordinates | 58.9700, 5.7318 |
| Region | North Sea |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 1 |
| Missing | |
| Direct Damage | |
| Economic Damage |
Key facts
- Sea Golf was sheltering from bad weather in Stavanger on 15 November 2015.
- A crew member suffered a serious electric shock while repairing an electric heater using a self-made power cable.
- The master disconnected the power, and emergency services successfully resuscitated the injured crew member.
- The Dutch Safety Board report records one serious injury and no fatality; it does not quantify vessel damage or economic loss.
Narrative
On 15 November 2015, the Dutch tug Sea Golf was sheltering from bad weather in Stavanger, Norway. A crew member decided to repair an electric heater and connected a self-made power cable. The crew member suffered an electric shock and was unable to release the cable.
The master, who was nearby, pulled the plug from the socket. Emergency services resuscitated the injured crew member successfully. The Dutch Safety Board's Shipping Occurrences Report November 2015 - April 2016 records the event as a serious electrical injury and does not report a fatality. The report also states that the shipping company conducted an internal investigation and circulated its report to the ships.
The reviewed report does not quantify damage to Sea Golf, economic loss, or the electrical condition of the heater and cable beyond the circumstances described above. It does not establish a separate missing-person count.
Contributing factors
| Factor | Evidence status |
|---|---|
| Use of a self-made power cable during heater repair | Reported circumstance; the reviewed report does not state a final causal determination. |
Investigation
The occurrence is recorded in the Dutch Safety Board's Shipping Occurrences Report November 2015 - April 2016. The report notes a company internal investigation and circulation of its findings, but the reviewed material does not provide a separate final causal analysis.
References
- Dutch Safety Board Shipping Occurrences Report November 2015 - April 2016
- Sea Golf source record