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Rail RO-2021-101: Serious injury during shunting operations on board the Aratere, Interislander ferry terminal, Wellington, 9 April 2021
People can make safety-critical errors when they take risks due to focusing too much on completing a job task. Safety-critical tasks should be designed so that it is easy to get the job done safely. TAIC reports on why a worker remote-controlling a shunt locomotive received serious injuries, caught between wagons on board the rail ferry Aratere.
Marine Kaikōura capsize: appeal for witnesses
TAIC is appealing for witnesses to the capsize of a boat near Kaikōura on Saturday 10 September
Rail TAIC investigating near collision of train and bus in Christchurch
TAIC appealing for witnesses to a near-collision between a freight train and a bus at Selwyn Street level crossing in Christchurch. It was reported that at about 2:30pm on 8 August 2022, a bus passed over the level crossing in front of a moving freight train that was travelling Eastbound, from…
Marine MO-2020-205: General cargo vessel Kota Bahagia, Cargo hold fire, Napier Port, 18 December 2020
Molten material from the hot work caused fire, burned 7 days, extensive damage to high-value fibre-glass cargo, no fatalities, no serious injuries. TAIC calls on Fire and Emergency NZ to improve training in fighting…
Marine MO-2021-202: Factory fishing trawler, Amaltal Enterprise, engine room fire, 55 nautical miles west of Hokitika, 2 July 2021
Fire in engine room on factory trawler (quickly extinguished). Diesel oil sprayed onto hot engine exhaust, under pressure when an accumulator in the fuel system unwound from its pipe connector and dislodged. Lessons and…
Rail TAIC investigating locomotive derailment at Tamaki, Auckland
A solitary locomotive was travelling from the Ports of Auckland to Westfield. At about 1:30am, it derailed and rolled onto its side at the Tamaki rail siding on the North Island Main trunk. Two of the three crew…
Marine MO-2020-204: Container Vessel, Rio De La Plata, serious injury to crew member during unmooring operations, Timaru Port, 14 November 2020
TAIC calling for improvements in ship safety management systems (Singapore) and mooring winch installation. On container ship Rio De La Plata, a rope handler suffered serious injuries to hand and face when they were…
Marine MO-2021-201: Jet boat KJet 8, loss of control, Shotover River, Queenstown, 21 March 2021
A commercial jet boat lost control, crashed into trees. Injuries to two of the twelve persons on board. Jet boat engine failed, so no steering. All due to a single failure in an engine control fuse that broke from metal…
Marine MO-2022-202 & MO-2022-203, Independent inquiry into port operations accidents at Lyttelton and Auckland
TAIC is inquiring into the fatal accidents at Lyttelton Port and Ports of Auckland. The Minister of Transport directed TAIC to inquire into the circumstances and causes of the two accidents and provide an independent…