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Enterprise report and safety flyer published
Fatal man overboard from a potter while 6 miles off Scarborough, England.
Our accident investigation report on the fatal man overboard from the potter Enterprise is now published. A deckhand died after becoming caught and dragged overboard by a moving backrope on 6 November 2017.
The report, available via this link, contains details of what happened and subsequent actions taken.
A safety flyer to the fishing vessel industry summarising the accident and detailing the safety lessons learned, has also been produced.
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