Accidental discharge of carbon dioxide during fixed CO2 fire extinguishing system test on tug SD Nimble with 1 person injured

Location: HM Naval Base, Faslane, Scotland.

• From: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
• Published: 23 January 2015

• Vessel type: Merchant vessel 100 gross tons or over
• Report type: Investigation report
• Date of occurrence: 23 August 2011

Accident Investigation Report 23/2012

Investigation report into marine accident including what happened, safety lessons and recommendations made:

SDNimble.pdf (2,764.58 kb)

Summary

MAIB report on the investigation of the accidental discharge of CO₂ on board SD Nimble resulting in serious injury to a shore-based engineer at her Majesty’s Naval Base, Faslane on 23 August 2011.

Published: 22 August 2012

Published 23 January 2015