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

Location: Moray Forth, Scotland.

Published 23 January 2015

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch

• Date of occurrence: 6 March 2001
• Vessel type: Fishing vessel
• Report type: Investigation report

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.

Published 23 January 2015