An overview of a domestic commercial vessel incident investigation, investigation findings and safety messages to prevent a similar incident from occurring on board your vessel.
Safety lessons (domestic)
      
      Excessive speed leads to collision and passenger injuries
      
      Propeller strike injury – due to poor safety management system implementation
      
      No safe access provided: Contractor falls overboard whilst disembarking
      
      Crew member crush injury – line handling.
      
      Excessive speed causes injuries  
      
      Parasailing incident leaves passengers injured; operator fails to report
      
      Fatigue puts fishing vessel on the rocks
      
      Explosion: Lithium-ion battery system involved in thermal runaway event onboard a domestic commercial vessel.
      
      ‘Experience’ fails to prevent vessel capsize, which a proper risk assessment could have identified
      
      Passenger vessel fire and evacuation
      
      Passenger vessel collision with unseen submerged rock.
      
      Passenger seriously injured after falling down stairwell.
      
      Passenger vessel flooded after access door was left open.
      
      Speed and visibility play part in vessel collision.
      
      Poor risk assessment contributes to charter vessel running aground.
      
      Lack of regular planned maintenance results in engine fire
      
      Poor risk assessment of river entrance bar crossing results in near misses with surfers.
      
      Unheeded weather warnings result in fishing charter vessel flooding.
      
      Inspection cover removal leads to catamaran sinking
      
      Person overboard without lifejacket following risky behaviour in adverse weather conditions.
      
      Fatigue contributes to fishing vessel grounding
      
      Person overboard without lifejacket following risky behaviour in adverse weather conditions
      
      Work boat capsizes while relocating shifted mooring.
      
      No risk assessments and gate design results in passengers overboard.
      
      No risk assessments and gate design results in passengers overboard.
      
      Handover procedures and distraction contribute to channel marker collision.
      
      Fatigue contributing to fishing vessel grounding.
      
      Practical lessons from person overboard incidents
      
      Trawler inpull winch reduces risk of person overboard