Two crew members were preparing a securing arrangement for an empty drum that was to be used as a cleaning bath for a portable pump. A 50mm × 3mm mild steel flat bar was being bent using long-handled tongs to shape it into a hoop to fit tightly around the drum. During this operation, one of the tongs suddenly slipped off the flat bar, which uncoiled and hit one of the workers in the face, fracturing his nose. The injured crew member was given first aid and was later repatriated after hospital treatment ashore, the incident fortunately having occurred in port.
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