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Movie Hazard Analysis #25 · Escape from the capsized liner

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

The ship flipped over. The JHA's hazard is the climb out: oily improvised handholds, and one survivor hauling another off balance.

Initial risk
20
CRITICAL
Residual risk
15
HIGH

Probability × severity, before and after the JHA’s controls. The highest-scoring step sets each band.

Movie Hazard Analysis #25 cover: The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
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The work order

Movie Hazard Analysis #25 treats the escape from the capsized liner in The Poseidon Adventure (1972) as a real work order.

What moved the risk

One climber at a time, three points of contact, no unsupported pulling, structural supports instead of loose debris, and a lead who counts all nine drop every step one band. No step gets below HIGH. No harness, helmet or anchorage is confirmed.

FIELD NOTE

The transfer to real work. Any emergency climb, whether a ladder, a ship's hatch or a scaffold egress: one person on it at a time, three points of contact, and help from a stable position or not at all.

Every hazard, control and risk number shown comes from the JHA itself; nothing is invented or rounded for effect. Inspired by The Poseidon Adventure (1972): commentary and hazard analysis of a fictional scene as depicted, with no affiliation with the film or its rights holders. The underlying JHA was generated with JHA Rapid, is AI-assisted, and must be reviewed by a qualified safety professional before use. Not a compliance document.

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