Failure Investigation of an Aluminium Ladder on board a vessel

Introduction

The side members of an aluminium ladder, employed during salvage operations aboard a barge vessel failed catastrophically (Figures 1 and 2). The ladder consisted of two straight aluminium ladders fixed together by means of four pieces of duct tape and two polypropylene lashings; resulting in an extended ladder length.

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