Failure of home-made equipment
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 10/23 (attached) regarding an incident in which there was a potentially catastrophic failure of uncertified and ‘home-made’ equipment . a piece of chain welded to a stainless steel shackle.
This information can also be found at marinesafetyforum.org/upload-files//safetyalerts/msf-safety-flash-10.23.pdf
Safety Event
Published: 27 January 2011
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