February 2020

Final report Investigation of a very serious marine accident – DEATH OF A CREWMEMBER IN A FALLING IN THE CARGO HOLD OF M/V ANNA M, 2014

Final report Investigation of a very serious marine accident – DEATH OF A CREWMEMBER IN A FALLING IN THE CARGO HOLD OF M/V ANNA M, 2014

On 8 December 2014 at 1933, a 43-year-old crewmember of m/v Anna M was found in a helpless condition with severe head trauma at the bottom of the empty cargo hold № 1, near the vertical ladder to enter the hold. The ship was at anchor in Varna roadstead in expectation of permission to enter the port. A medical evacuation was carried out to the suffered ashore, where a doctor ascertained his death.