Preventing fatal winch entanglements in the US southern shrimp fleet: A research to practice approach

Lincoln, Jennifer M.; Woodward, Chelsea C.; King, Grant W.; Case, Samantha; Lucas, Devin L.; Teske, Theodore

doi:10.1016/j.jsr.2016.12.007

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“…Several previous studies showed that primary prevention strategies following a public health approach were effective in both fatal and nonfatal injury reduction (8-13). A study by Lincoln et al, (2017) successfully designed standardized passive guards to prevent winch entanglements and recommended utilizing injury epidemiologic methods and industry input to design effective safety interventions (10). A study by Lucas et al (2014) evaluated a novel safety policy intervention by the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and reported that the primary prevention policy successfully reduced vessel disaster incidents and was contributing to improved worker safety (12).…”

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Using Haddon matrix to identify prevention opportunities for nonfatal commercial fishing injuries in the Pacific Northwest

Doza

Bovbjerg

Case

et al. 2023

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Background Commercial fishing is a precarious industry with high fatal and nonfatal injury rates. The Risk Information System of Commercial [RISC] Fishing project at Oregon State University has been tracking both fatal and nonfatal injuries among Pacific Northwest commercial fishermen. We conducted a hazard analysis to identify injury-associated factors to highlight prevention opportunities. Method We identified 245 nonfatal commercial fishing injuries in the Pacific Northwest (2000-2018) and assessed the top three injury events (contact with objects or equipment, transportation incidents, and slips-trips-falls). We generated a Haddon matrix for each event type and populated the matrices with injury-associated factors following our a-priori matrix. Results We observed 108 nonfatal injuries due to contact with objects. Fishing gear (40%) was the dominant injury source. The top work process was hauling the fishing gear (22%). Handling heavy loads (32%) and contact with unsecured objects (27%) often resulted in contact injuries. Of the 58 transportation injuries most occurred in the catcher-vessels (93%) and smaller vessels (< 5 crew) (74%). Vessel casualties (91%) were common as several vessels struck rocks/bottom (29%) or experienced fire and explosion (19%). The crew was abandoned to water (38%) due to no raft or raft malfunctions. Slip, trip, and fall injuries (n = 43) typically happened during onboard traffic (49%). Such events were largely experienced by the catcher-processors (44%) including large vessels with >100 crew (28%). Conclusion The Haddon matrix demonstrated the injury-event timeline and helped to identify potential injury-associated factors. Our injury-specific risk matrices will let commercial fishing stakeholders determine priorities and work with the experts on prevention efforts.

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Using Haddon matrix to identify prevention opportunities for nonfatal commercial fishing injuries in the Pacific Northwest

Doza

Bovbjerg

Case

et al. 2023

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“…Expanding on previous engineering solutions to prevent winch entanglements, 24 prototype testing of stationary guards and auxiliary stops is currently underway with fishermen to inform development of devices that would prevent or reduce the severity of entanglements. 25 If proven to be effective and widely adopted, these mechanisms could greatly reduce the incidence of injuries due to entanglement in drum and try-net winches on commercial shrimp vessels.…”

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confidence: 99%

Work‐related mortality in the US fishing industry during 2000‐2014: New findings based on improved workforce exposure estimates

Lucas

Case

2017

American J Industrial Med

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Background Commercial fishing is a global industry that has been frequently classified as high-risk. The use of detailed surveillance data is critical in identifying hazards. Methods The purpose of this study was to provide updated statistics for the entire US fishing industry during 2010–2014, generate fleet-specific fatality rates using a revised calculation of full-time equivalent estimates, and examine changes in the patterns of fatalities and in risk over a 15-year period (2000-2014). Results During 2010–2014, 188 commercial fishing fatalities occurred in the US. Vessel disasters and falls overboard remain leading contributors to commercial fishing deaths. The Atlantic scallop fleet stands out for achieving substantial declines in the risk of fatalities over the 15-year study period. Conclusions This study found fatality rates in fishing fleets during 2010–2014 ranging from 21 to 147 deaths per 100,000 FTEs, many times higher than the rate for all US workers.

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“…One design is shown in Figure 3 [13]. The designs underwent their third test to improve endurance and acceptance in 2017 [14]. In another study, 300 GoM fishers were trained on ergonomics for deck work where there is limited physical space, unstable work platforms and a wide variety of tasks and vessel layouts.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…One design is shown in Figure 3 [13]. The designs underwent their third test to improve endurance and acceptance in 2017 [14]. Winch entrapment was identified as a major hazard aboard shrimping vessels in the GoM [11].…”

Section: Safety Culturementioning

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Gulf of Mexico Seafood Harvesters: Part 3. Potential Occupational Risk Reduction Measures

Myers

Durborow

Kane

2018

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1. Background: Fishers face many occupational hazards that include a high risk of fatal and nonfatal injuries and a variety of adverse health effects. Our purpose is to provide an overview of potential countermeasures for the control of hazards that threaten the health and safety of Gulf of Mexico (GoM) fish harvesters. 2. Method: Search terms were used to identify relevant literature; two previous reviews regarding injuries and health risk factors also inform this review. 3. Results: Countermeasures against these hazards include winch guards, lifting devices, job redesign, non-slip decks and vessel stability controls as well as using personal flotation devices, wearing gloves and high-friction footwear, increasing sleep time and using vessel motion to assist lifting. Knowledge about secondary prevention (such as rescue, first aid and making mayday calls) is also important. Learning through experience is a crucial factor that incorporates other fishers' experiences with innovations. Fatigue and lack of sleep contribute to vessel disasters and injury-related errors. 4. Conclusions: The prevention of injuries and diseases among GoM fishers depends on a combination of focusing on work-processes, instilling a broader safety culture, engineering controls, identifying and sharing fisher innovations, promoting fall overboard prevention and protection and providing culture-based incentives, training and narrative outreach.

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Preventing fatal winch entanglements in the US southern shrimp fleet: A research to practice approach

Cited by 9 publications

References 3 publications

Using Haddon matrix to identify prevention opportunities for nonfatal commercial fishing injuries in the Pacific Northwest

Using Haddon matrix to identify prevention opportunities for nonfatal commercial fishing injuries in the Pacific Northwest

Work‐related mortality in the US fishing industry during 2000‐2014: New findings based on improved workforce exposure estimates

Gulf of Mexico Seafood Harvesters: Part 3. Potential Occupational Risk Reduction Measures

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