A merican Club Circular No. 39/ 19 1 DECEMBER 16, 2019 CIRCULAR NO. 39/19 TO MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION Dear Member: LOSS PREVENTION: MARITIME SLIPS, TRIPS, FALLS AND LIFTING INJURIES In 2018, the American Club, in partnership with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Lamar University (Lamar), launched a project aimed at reducing accidents caused by unsafe conditions both aboard and in the vicinity of vessels. The initiative’s long-term objective was to develop recommendations aimed at improving the day-today safety of maritime personnel, both afloat and ashore, through sharing the results of data analyses derived from this initiative. Your Managers are pleased to present the initial findings of the 2018 initiative, Maritime Slips, Trips, Falls and Lifting Injuries as attached. The summary report and other guidance documents associated with the prevention of slips, trips, falls and lifting injuries can be found on the Club’s website at: https://www.american-club.com/page/slips-trips-falls For further information, inquiries should be directed to Ms. Danielle Centeno, Assistant Vice President – Loss Prevention & Survey Compliance, at danielle.centeno@american-club.com or Dr. William Moore, Senior Vice President, at +1 212 847 4542 or by e-mail at william.moore@american-club.com. Yours faithfully, Joseph E.M. Hughes, Chairman & CEO Shipowners Claims Bureau, Inc., Managers for THE AMERICAN CLUB Page 1 of 6 MARITIME SLIPS, TRIPS, FALLS AND LIFTING INJURIES A Summary of the American Club’s and the ABS/Lamar Mariner Safety Research Initiative Safety-Related Databases INTRODUCTION In 2018, the American Club, in partnership with American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Lamar University (Lamar), launched a new project aimed at reducing accidents caused by unsafe conditions aboard vessels. The initiative’s long-term objective is to develop recommendations aimed at improving the day-to-day safety of maritime personnel, both afloat and ashore, through sharing the results of data analyses derived from this initiative. As a snapshot, the American Club has incurred over 8,400 claims from 2013 to 2018. Of these claims, 4,241 (~50%) of them are injuries. The total costs of injury-related claims during this time period is US$ 246.2 million. Between 2013 and 2018, 46% of injuries were the result of slips, trips, falls and lifting incidents. Excluding claims with no American Club costs, falls cost on average US$ 182,000, slips cost US$ 137,000 and lifting incidents cost US$ 112,000. With the inclusion of all the American Club records into these financial calculations, falls and trips cost on average U.S. $88,000, slips cost US$56,000 and lifting incidents cost US$48,000. Regardless, the urgency to address these types of claims are evident. The project analyzed the American Club injury records, generating unprecedented insight into the nature and cost of maritime-related accidents. These records were compared to the data from the ABS/Lamar Mariner Safety Research Initiative (MSRI) data set with more than 8,000 injury and 100,000 near miss records from over 31 data sources that were collected with support from other maritime organizations 1 . These data sets were also compared with the data summaries from the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA). This report summarizes the current state of the initiative and efforts forthcoming to address slips, trips, falls and lifting related injuries. © Pornsngar Potibut/Shutterstock 1 For additional information about