THE Australian Transport Safety Bureau has issued management of Regent Seven Seas Cruises with a recommendation to address safety concerns after an incident involving a crew member onboard Seven Seas Voyager last year. On 01 Feb 2014, a crew member replacing the incinerator’s ash grates was taken to hospital after a pneumatically operated valve closed against his body. After being taken to a local hospital for initial treatment, the crew member was eventually discharged to recover at home. The ATSB found engineering staff “did not have an adequate understanding of the incinerator’s control systems and that the task of replacing the ash grates had not been properly planned. Further findings included that neither the planned maintenance system nor the incinerator’s instruction manual contained any information detailing the replacement of the ash grates
