Questão 777827

Read the text below and answer questions 22 and 23.

Caught in a bight

(Edited from official Australian Transportation Safety Bureau (ATSB) 2014-005

A vessel that had been assisted by a tug was preparing

to let go the tow. In preparation for letting go, seaman 1

ran the messenger line over the drum end of the mooring

winch, while seaman 2 operated the winch to pull about two

5. metres of tow line inboard. The second mate wrapped

the rope stopper around the main tow line while the

messenger line was taken off the drum end and the eye of the

tow line taken off the mooring bitts. The messenger

line was then put around the forward post of the mooring

10, bitts to assist with the controlled lowering of the tow

line.

On board the tug, a crewmember was standing on deck near

the winch ready to guide the tow line onto the winch drum

. Another crewmember was at the remote winch Controls inside

15. at the port bridge console. The crewmember controlling the

winch waited until he saw the tow line being lowered before

he started heaving in. As the tow line was retrieved, seaman

2's right leg somehow became entangled in the messenger

line. He was then dragged about four metres across the deck

20. and into the rollers of the fairlead. When his legs entered

the fairlead the messenger line carne under tension and it

severed the seaman1s right foot.

Both crew on the tug had seen the messenger line go tight a

nd the crewmember at the winch control stopped heaving. The

25. assisted vessel's second mate ran to the ship's rail and

signalled to slacken the line. Medicai assistance from

ashore was quickly requested and the victim was transported

to hospital for treatment.

The word "fairlead" (line 20) is