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"accident"

in relation to a vessel, includes—

(a) the collapse or overturning of any lift, crane, davit, derrick, mobile powered access platform, access equipment, staging or bosun's chair or the failure of any load-bearing part thereof;
(b) the explosion, collapse or bursting of any closed container, including a boiler or boiler tube, in which there is any gas (including air), liquid or any vapour at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure;
(c) any electrical short circuit or overload resulting in fire or explosion;
(d) the sudden, uncontrolled release of flammable liquid or gas from any system, plant or pipeline;
(e) the uncontrolled release or escape of any harmful substance;
(f) either of the following occurrences in respect of any pipeline, valve or any piping system in a vessel—
(i) the bursting, explosion or collapse of a pipeline;
(ii) the accidental ignition of anything in a pipeline or of anything which, immediately before it ignited, was in a pipeline;
(g) any contact of the human body with loose asbestos fibre;
(h) the failure of any lashing-wire, chain or appliance;
(i) any collapse or significant movement of cargo;
(j) the malfunctioning of any hatch cover, hatch cover control wire or other mechanism;
(k) any person falling overboard;
(l) the parting of a tow-rope;
(m) the failure of bilge-pumping arrangements or life-saving or fire-fighting equipment to operate;

[Definition inserted by section 1(a) of Act No. 18 of 1992]