The able seaman died after being hit by a container moved by a fork-lift on the 16,600–dwt UK-flagged Tyrusland (built 1978) in Tripoli on 15 May last year.
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) said crew and drivers did not have a safe system of work for the cargo handling operations which they were conducting.
A risk assessment for deck operations existed but did not properly identify hazards, it added.
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