Fishers working from small vessels are at the greatest risk
Sea fishing is a risky business and, according to a recent SINTEF report, working alone on small vessels is the riskiest of all. Image: Sintef
(NORWAY, 3/25/2024)
The following is an excerpt from an article published by Sintef:
Friday 1 March another Norwegian fisherman was drowned while working. He became the 156th Norwegian working in the industry to lose his life since the new millennium. A safety researcher at SINTEF says that this only goes to underline the message delivered in a report recently published by her team.
The fisheries sector is a dangerous profession, and fishers working from small vessels are at the greatest risk. They are often alone on board, working on boats measuring between 6 and 11 metres long. In a recent report Personulykker i den norske fiskeflåten (Accidents involving personnel in the Norwegian fishing fleet/in Norwegian), researchers present a review showing that more than half of the 149 fishers who lost their lives in accidents occurring between...
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