A failure to follow established procedures has been blamed after two seafarers were injured after they fell from a mobile scaffold tower.

They were carrying out painting and routine touch-up work in the cargo holds of the geared bulker 18,828-dwt Shanghai Spirit (built 2005).

The incident occurred on the afternoon of 29 January 2017, when the 140 m geared bulk carrier was anchored in Keppel Bay, Queensland.