What happened?<\/strong><\/p>\n

A third-party agent was on board a vessel during port clearance formalities. On the bridge, there was a mineral water bottle from which this person took a swallow. He immediately spat it out as the taste was different. Hesubsequently drank a great deal of water; he felt unwell for a time but there were no long-term ill effects and he subsequently left the vessel feeling OK.<\/p>\n

What went wrong?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bottle, which was not marked as such<\/em>, contained a small quantity of diluted bleaching liquid that the bridge staff was using for cleaning the table top.<\/p>\n

Members may wish to reiterate some fundamentals of safety awareness to vessel crews in the context of this incident.<\/p>\n

This is brought to members’ attention as it is exactly the same kind of incident as that recorded in Person accidently drank hazardous substance<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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