USCG Marine Safety Alert

On June 30, 2019, the aft hook on a floating outer continental shelf (OCS) facility’s lifeboat inadvertently opened as the lifeboat was being winched into the davit following a quarterly launch and retrieval drill. The lifeboat, still hanging from the forward hook, swung in a pendulum motion away from the facility. A few seconds later, the forward hook separated from the lifeboat and opened, and the lifeboat fell approximately 80 feet, landing inverted in the water. The two persons still onboard the lifeboat when it fell were fatally injured. One person, who was exiting the lifeboat when it released, fell into the water, and was injured.

https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/foc/USCGFOC_017_23_Corr01.pdf?ver=3sXgs6L7A-d19Rf2KLGwkg%3d%3d