"accident"
in relation to a vessel, includes—
| (a) |
the collapse or overturning of any lift, crane, davit, derrick, mobile powered access platform, access equipment, staging or bosun's chair or the failure of any load-bearing part thereof; |
| (b) |
the explosion, collapse or bursting of any closed container, including a boiler or boiler tube, in which there is any gas (including air), liquid or any vapour at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure; |
| (c) |
any electrical short circuit or overload resulting in fire or explosion; |
| (d) |
the sudden, uncontrolled release of flammable liquid or gas from any system, plant or pipeline; |
| (e) |
the uncontrolled release or escape of any harmful substance; |
| (f) |
either of the following occurrences in respect of any pipeline, valve or any piping system in a vessel— |
| (i) |
the bursting, explosion or collapse of a pipeline; |
| (ii) |
the accidental ignition of anything in a pipeline or of anything which, immediately before it ignited, was in a pipeline; |
| (g) |
any contact of the human body with loose asbestos fibre; |
| (h) |
the failure of any lashing-wire, chain or appliance; |
| (i) |
any collapse or significant movement of cargo; |
| (j) |
the malfunctioning of any hatch cover, hatch cover control wire or other mechanism; |
| (k) |
any person falling overboard; |
| (l) |
the parting of a tow-rope; |
| (m) |
the failure of bilge-pumping arrangements or life-saving or fire-fighting equipment to operate; |
[Definition inserted by section 1(a) of Act No. 18 of 1992]
Statistics Act, 1999
