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John McCorquodale - Inspector, Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB)
John started a career at sea at the tender age of 16. Traipsing the world on a variety of ship types both big and small, he ended up as a captain on LPG tankers and container ships, including Maersk Line.
Inevitably, family life dragged him ashore permanently where he took up roles as a marine pilot with Associated British Ports and then as a harbour master at Bristol Port.
He has been Chairman of the Portishead Lifeboat Trust.
Just over six years ago, he seized the rare opportunity to join the MAIB as an inspector.
Since then has led a variety of investigations from big-ship collisions to singled-handed man-overboards which has taken him around the world.
The MAIB investigates marine accidents involving UK vessels worldwide and all vessels in UK territorial waters. The MAIB's job is to help prevent further avoidable accidents from occurring, not to establish blame or liability. The role of the MAIB is to contribute to safety at sea by determining the causes and circumstances of marine accidents and working with others to reduce the likelihood of such accidents recurring in the future. Accident investigations are conducted solely in the interest of future safety. The MAIB does not apportion blame and it does not enforce laws or carry out prosecutions.
MAIB Responsibilities include, carrying out investigations to determine the causes of accidents at sea, publishing reports that include recommendations on improving safety at sea and the actions MAIB have taken, increasing awareness of how marine accidents happen, improving national and international co-operation in marine accident investigations.
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch, located in offices in Southampton UK, is a branch of the Department for Transport. The MAIB has four teams of experienced accident investigators, each comprising a principal inspector and three inspectors drawn from the nautical, engineering, naval architecture or fishing disciplines. The MAIB receives between 1500 and 1800 reports of accidents of all types and severity each year. On average this leads to 30 separate investigations being launched. The presentation highlights specific lessons learned from recent incidents that are relevant to all maritime sectors.
Lessons Learned from Recent Accidents & Incidents on RIBs and Fast Craft
An accident is always unexpected, or is it?
The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has investigated hundreds of accidents and there are some common causes throughout. In almost every case the accident is preventable. With every accident there is the initial surprise and shock, confusion, and the inevitable comment “this has never happened before”.
The point is that it has happened before, just somewhere else and to different people.
During an MAIB investigation process an inspector seeks to understand beyond the broken rules, procedures failings or what should have been done. They look to find out why someone did what they did at that time and if that’s the way they’ve learned how to do it. We are all fallible and we all make mistakes.
John McCorquodale will show three very different accidents that had common causes. Understanding the causes is a useful tool for everyone to use when looking at their individual or corporate safety approach.
