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Crewman dies after becoming trapped inside Hampshire cruise ship
8:18pm Wednesday 11th June 2008
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A CREWMAN has died onboard a Hampshire cruise ship after becoming trapped in its hull.
Emergency services rushed to Southampton's City Cruise Terminal at 2.30pm after reports that two crewmen onboard Saga Rose had become trapped in the ship's ballast tanks.
Worried staff on the ship, which had around 600 passengers onboard, raised the alarm.
Initial reports suggested the two men may have been involved in an industrial accident.
Three members of the ship's firefighting crew were believed to be searching for the personnel at the time of the call.
Seven fire crews were deployed to the scene from St Marys, Redbridge, Eastleigh, Totton and Hightown stations.
At around 3pm one of the men was freed from the ballast area of the hull, used to stabilise the ship.
The second man was later found passed out but wearing special breathing apparatus.
One of the men was taken to Southampton General Hospital by ambulance.
At around 5.25pm a spokesman for Hampshire police confirmed the second crew member had died while still in the hull of the ship.
It is thought the death may have been caused by lack of oxygen and is not being treated as suspicious.
Saga Rose arrived at the terminal at around 6.30am and was due to sail again at 4pm.
It will now be kept in port overnight after an investigation was lancuhed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
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Alf, Southampton says...
10:35pm Wed 11 Jun 08
Ted wrote:I can recall two, both of which were down to speeding wihin the Port estate.Otherwise the Docks is a safe working enviroment. Unless you get people driving around the port sightseeing when they should not even be in the port.
How very sad that yet again there is a fatality on the dock estate. How many serious injuries and deaths have there been here over the last few years? Surely one is one too many. My thoughts are with the family of the dead and injured men.
SCT employee, Southampton says...
12:01am Thu 12 Jun 08
I agree however with the sightseeing comment. Only yesterday a taxi driver pulled out in front of me because he was too busy talking to his passengers. Luckilly for him I could see he had not even looked in my direction so I stopped, and when I bipped my horn to alert him he gave me a load of abuse!! Numpty!
M Anthony, southampton says...
10:43am Thu 12 Jun 08
On a more general safety issue, the lack of safety controls on Southampton docks gives real cause for concern for those of us who have to enter the area for work.
On poor road surfaces that resemble a moonscape, with pot holes everywhere.
Many drivers of lorries, cars and motorcycles ignore the 30mph speed limit.
Container lorry drivers regularly ignore the no U turn signs, an action that creates many of the pot holes.
Some of the shunter drivers doing container movements within the dock consider it unnecessary to engage twist locks.
At night many of these shunters drive with no lights fitted on unroadworthy vehicles.
I witness these traffic offences on a daily basis within the dock, yet the dock management turn a blind eye.
With this pathetic attitude to safety,inevitably it's just a matter of time before another fatality occurs.
southy, redbridge says...
2:12pm Thu 12 Jun 08
Simon, Southampton says...
6:18pm Thu 12 Jun 08
southy wrote:So are you sayng that it's ABP's fault that the road safety in the docks is appalling? Surely one accident is one too many that could be prevented. Who's responsible for safety in the docks?
mr anthony the docks is not subject to public roads laws,only rules that need to be followed in side the docks is abp rules,if your not in there working,picking up or dropping of cargo or passenger you should not be in the docks,to many people drive though the dock just to advoid the traffic
If it's true that the man who died was not properly equipped as per the BBC website then it makes a mockery of the safety of the docks. You hear all the time from them how they pride themselves on safety yet another person has died on their estate. Regardless of whether they are an employee, English or Philipino, it seems safety is not as high a priority as it should be!!
southy, redbridge says...
7:57pm Thu 12 Jun 08
has for docks you can drive a car or what ever with out a license mot or tax and its down to the company insurance what they will or will not cover whitch companys will apply to
i can remember a runner/telegram boy for the docks that use to drive a moped inside the docks but when he had to go out of the docks he swop over to a push bike at the gates old time dockers will know the person who i mean with out me saying any names
Sailor Sam, at sea says...
10:09pm Thu 12 Jun 08
"He would be an able bodied seaman."Possibly, but unlikely. More likely an engine room rating or an engineer officer.
He might have been an Ordinary Seaman, a deck officer or even less likely, a steward or purser.
I fail to understand why you should decide that he "would be" an AB and inform us of this with such apparent authority.
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Ted, Southampton says...
9:13pm Wed 11 Jun 08