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If a maritime worker suffers an accident at work, the incident may be investigated by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB), the body responsible for ascertaining the causes and background of all marine health and safety incidents.
Although it is not the intention of the MAIB to determine liability for this type of accident at work, but instead to examine the circumstances of an incident so as to best avoid it from occurring again in the future, any report made by MAIB investigators may be of interest to no win, no fee solicitors pursuing a personal injury claim on behalf of workers injured in the investigated incident.
The power scope and remit of the MAIB is set out in a piece of legislation called the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, which is underlined by the The Merchant Shipping (Accident Reporting and Investigation) Regulations of 2005.
The vast majority of marine workers employed by UK-based companies are covered by these regulations. These workers include those aboard fishing boats and those aboard merchant ships.
However, there is some crossover between the role of the MAIB and that of the Health and Safety Executive. As such there is a Memorandum of Understanding between the two organisations, this document helps the two determine which will take the leading role in investigating any marine accident.
Incidents that are considered worthy of investigation by the MAIB include those that result in serious personal injury, those that result in damage or loss and those hazardous incidents that can be classified as near-misses.
Relevant parties have a duty to report any such incident to the MAIB within 14 days of it occurring. However, hazardous incidents are exempt from this rule, although the MAIB still recommends that they are reported.
You can find out more about the MAIB here.
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