Ship prop kills diver - Singapore

[DandyDon]

Singapore Seen | Diver dies after getting sucked in by ship's propeller at Marina South Pier

A diver was killed near Marina South pier on Wednesday (Jun 4) after the propeller of a container ship turned on and sucked him in.
According to Asiaone, Shinmin Daily News reported that Mr Kwok Khee Khoon, 37, was cleaning the bottom of the container ship with two colleagues when the accident happened at about 6pm on Wednesday.
A typical container ship is about 180m to 330m long. The propeller is usually about 10m in diameter, Shinmin reported.
A report in The Straits Times mentioned that the Ministry of Manpower (MOM), when responding to queries yesterday, said Mr Kwok was underwater taking photographs of welding work done on a vessel “when he was sucked into a space in the hull of the vessel”.

 

[Carl_F]

Sounds like either a failure of lock-out/tag-out process or the clearances weren't in place for a diver.

 

[Akimbo]

Sounds more like he was sucked into a seawater intake than the propeller. I understand that most container vessels don't hook up shore power so the generators are always running.