Causes of fatal personal accidents in British commercial fishing, 1976–95
| Cause of accident/work operations or activity | Fatal personal accidents by length of fishing vessel (metres) | Total deaths | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <12 | 12–23.9 | 24–35.9 | ⩾36 | ||
| Struck by heavy seas | |||||
| Washed overboard: shooting-out operations | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Washed overboard: hauling-in operations | 3 | 3 | |||
| Washed overboard: stowing nets | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Washed overboard: other operations | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Washed overboard: operations not known | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Injured on deck: hauling-in operations | 1 | 1 | |||
| Struck by trawling equipment | |||||
| Injured: shooting-out operations | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| Injured: hauling-in operations | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | |
| Injured: other operations | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Injured: operations not known | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Knocked overboard: shooting-out operations | 1 | 1 | |||
| Knocked overboard: hauling-in operations | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Knocked overboard: other operations | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Entangled in trawling equipment | |||||
| Dragged overboard: shooting-out operations | 5 | 5 | 4 | 14 | |
| Dragged overboard: hauling-in operations | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Dragged overboard: other operations | 1 | 1 | |||
| Injured, dragged into winch: hauling-in operations | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| Falls overboard | |||||
| During shooting-out operations | 1 | 11 | 2 | 14 | |
| During hauling-in operations | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
| Other falls overboard | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 35 |
| Falls into docks | |||||
| When working on the quayside | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| When returning to berthed trawlers from ashore | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | |
| When returning to moored trawlers by boat | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Other accidents | |||||
| Boating disasters: laying out seine nets | 2 | 2 | |||
| Drowned: diving accidents | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Knocked overboard: anchor laying operations | 2 | 2 | |||
| Asphyxiated by cabin heater fumes: sleeping | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||
| Other accidents | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Not known | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Total | 28 | 88 | 42 | 26 | 184 |