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NTSB – sinking of fishing vessel

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued the report of its investigation of the sinking, with loss of life, of the commercial fishing vessel Orin C off Cape Ann, Massachusetts on 3 December 2015. The three crew members abandoned the vessel just prior to its sinking. One crew member, though, lost consciousness before being pulled into a USCG motor lifeboat. Despite over an hour of CPR, the crew member died. The probable cause of the sinking was the structural failure of the vessel's wooden hull and subsequent flooding. While probably not a factor in the fisherman's death, the NTSB noted that the USCG motor lifeboat carried advanced first-aid equipment that the crew members knew how to operate. It recommended that at least one USCG crew member on each rescue vessel be trained in use of the first-aid and trauma equipment on board. Marine Accident Brief 17-05 (2/28/17) [https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAB1705.pdf].

BSEE – dispersant effectiveness research

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) issued a press release stating that it funded oil spill research to measure dispersant effectiveness. (3/1/17) [https://www.bsee.gov/newsroom/latest-news/statements-and-releases/press-releases/bsee-funds-oil-spill-research-to-measure]. Fonte: Dennis Bryant.