Crush incident while shooting fishing gear on scallop dredger Philomena with loss of 1 life

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Date of occurrence: 6 March 2001
• Vessel type: Fishing vessel
• Report type: Investigation report

Location: Moray Forth, Scotland.

Accident Investigation Report: Philomena

Investigation report into marine accident including what happened, safety lessons and recommendations made:

philomena.pdf (271.80 kb)

Summary

Fatal accident on board vessel in the Moray Firth.

Document information

Date of occurrence: 6 March 2001

From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch

Vessel type: Fishing vessel

Report type: Investigation report