Near-miss incident involving a diver’s umbilical
Attached is the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) note ‘Flyer to the shipping industry’ entitled ‘Hazardous incident Norma – 21 June 2008’.
This incident was reported in the UK Association of Diving Contractors (ADC) Safety Alert 3/08 – Very near-miss incident involving a divers umbilical – which was reproduced and circulated to members under IMCA Safety Flash 15/08 (Near-miss incident involving a diver’s umbilical).
As previously stated, although the incident occurred during a diving operation being carried out in UK territorial waters, the lessons learnt are relevant world-wide to both inshore and offshore diving operations.
Members are again reminded of guidance note The selection of vessels of opportunity for diving operations – which discusses isolations and vessel permit systems.
Safety Event
Published: 5 March 2009
Download: 
IMCA SF 03/09
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