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Shimmering Swimming Pool for SIMS, Lonavala

We lost our ever-smiling and full of life friend, advisor and colleague on 28th April. We are still coming to terms with his loss. Egil was a wonderful person, who always saw the best in all of us in spite of our frailities and encouraged us to do our best. He made us see the goodness and beauty of the seafaring with fresh eyes. He blended in so effortlessly amongst us and was easily one of us. He was always approachable, always ready to listen to us. He is not with us today, but his loving, noble and encouraging spirit will always be with us.
Egil would have been 62 this June, but we were never weighed down by his seniority and vast experience. He was really young in mind and spirit and full of joie de vivre. He came to work with ESM in May 2004 and soon became one of the ESM crowd. His colleagues looked forward to having lunch out with him and listening to his inspiring stories.
Our heartfelt sympathies at this sad hour are with Mrs. Aaseliv and with the loving daughters Ingvild, Ragnhild & Ashild. We pray to God to rest his noble spirit in peace and give strength and comfort to his family and loving friends to bear this loss.
Goodbye dear friend Egil... didn't know that our meeting on Wednesday 25th was going to be the last one.
This is a journey we all must take, and each must go alone. It’s all a part of the master’s plan, a step on the road to home.

- Capt. Arun Sundaram

Just before the mercury shooting upwards heralding the summer in this hill town, SIMS, Lonavala completed its brand new swimming pool ready for the cadets. The pool with its diving/jumping pool of 13 X 10 metres and a depth of 3.8 together with a lap pool of 25 X13 metres with a depth of 1.5 metres to 2.4 metres is one of the biggest in and around the area.
The facililty will indeed take the infrastructure of the institute to another height, while we are sure the cadets will appreciate that timing of the pool could not have come at a better time!

*Note: This monthly safety moment is collected from various sources for educational purpose and is not an actual incident from the ESM fleet.
Fatal Accident - Master Drowned

A small general cargo/container vessel arrived in port. The voyage had been at reduced speed due to machinery problems. It remained at the port to complete repairs. The 53-year-old Master was due to pay off from the ship and to return home for leave. In the evening, he and his friend, the C/E, went ashore for a farewell dinner. They returned late in the evening. The C/E boarded the ship first, while the Master paid the taxi driver. Shortly afterwards, the crew heard a loud crash. The Master had fallen from the vessel's gangway into the gap between the ship's side and the wharf. The C/E and a crew member jumped into the water in an attempt to save him. The Master was a big man weighing about 140 kg and, despite their efforts, he was later found to have drowned.

LESSONS LEARNT
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The hand-ropes of the gangway were sufficiently slack to allow the Master's centre of gravity to move outside the edge of the narrow gangway and for his weight to tip it over.
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The hand-ropes had not been tended and tensioned regularly by the deck watch as the vessel rose and fell with the tides.
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There was an excessive delay before an ambulance was called as the number was not displayed in a prominent position adjacent to the telephone.
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The Inspector considers that the consumption of alcohol in the hours preceding his death, was a significant factor in the impairment of the Master's sense of balance on the gangway.
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If a safety net had been rigged underneath the gangway, it may have prevented the Master from falling into the water.
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