What happened During saturation diving activities at 65m water depth, from a Diving Support Vessel (DSV), a diver was exposed to a sudden and unplanned release of hydrocarbon gas under […]
Safety Flashes
IMCA safety flashes disseminate important information on incidents and potential hazards and the lessons learnt from them that can help prevent incidents occurring elsewhere in the industry.
Individual safety events are available individually online, tagged and searchable, while the traditional PDF collections are also available for download.
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Safety Events
Dropped object – wooden packing block
What happened During pipelaying operations, a wooden packing block (approx. 1kg) became attached to the pipe whilst spooling off the reel. It crossed the main deck and entered the pipelay […]
Snagging hazards
A member reports two unrelated incidents in which a causal factor was something getting caught or snagged in an unplanned way. Incident 1: Corner of a container got snagged On […]
Dropped sheave and clump weight
What happened A high potential dropped object incident occurred when a sheave weighing 204kg fell 64m to deck, and a clump weight weighing 700kg fell onto equipment causing damage. There […]
Fire in engine room
What happened A fire occurred in the engine room of a vessel during operations. The fire was first detected by a duty crew member, and the watch team immediately attempted […]
Man overboard during motion compensated gangway transfer
What happened? An offshore worker fell overboard from a height of one metre while transferring from a platform to a vessel (non-DP) via a motion compensated gangway. The incident occurred […]
Injury to little finger – LTI
What happened A worker suffered an injury whilst painting an auxiliary winch drum following maintenance. While performing this work a wooden beam was used to prevent the drum from turning […]
Laceration to right index finger
The Energeo Alliance (formerly IAGC) have published a safety alert relating to a crew person who suffered a laceration to the right index finger whilst going through a door on […]
Offshore platform decommissioning near miss
The Department of Energy, Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety of Western Australia (DEMIRS) has published Significant Incident Summary No. 6 relating to the unexpected movement of the Sinbad topsides during […]
Dropped object during cable trans-spooling
What happened? A roller weighing 5.7kg fell 8m and hit someone on the shoulder. This high potential incident occurred during alongside when a 69kV electrical cable was being trans-spooled ashore […]
Parted tag line caused damage during lifting operations
What happened A tagline parted under excess tension when moving a LiDAR buoy weighing 2.4 tonnes, causing the buoy to move in an unexpected way. The incident occurred when the […]
LTI: fingers severed by spinning fan blade
Hand and finger injuries Members continue to report hand and finger injuries. In last year’s safety statistics, 42% of LTIs reported by IMCA members involved injuries caused when workers got […]
Angle Grinder Finger Injury
Hand and finger injuries Members continue to report hand and finger injuries. In last year’s safety statistics, 42% of LTIs reported by IMCA members involved injuries caused when workers got […]
Crew member cut hand on broken glass during heavy weather
Hand and finger injuries Members continue to report hand and finger injuries. In last year’s safety statistics, 42% of LTIs reported by IMCA members involved injuries caused when workers got […]
Arm injury from metal skip cover
Hand and finger injuries Members continue to report hand and finger injuries. In last year’s safety statistics, 42% of LTIs reported by IMCA members involved injuries caused when workers got […]
MSF: Serious hand injury – high pressure air
Hand and finger injuries Members continue to report hand and finger injuries. In last year’s safety statistics, 42% of LTIs reported by IMCA members involved injuries caused when workers got […]
Dropped object: unsecured cargo inside box broke lose and fell
What happened A load of cargo being lifted onto a vessel destabilised and the cargo, weighing over 400kg, fell approx. 5m from the load onto the vessel deck. This high […]
Load lost from lorry on public road – inadequate securing of cargo
What happened During the transportation of equipment, a load became free of its single retention strap and fell off a lorry onto a public road. The load fell off while […]
MAIB: LTI – a wedge shattered causing injury
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published Safety Digest 1/2024, consisting of lessons from recent Marine Accident Reports. IMCA has reviewed the report and passes on to members some […]
UK HSE: Service lifts on offshore and onshore wind turbines
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published Safety bulletin ED01-2024 on Service lifts in offshore and onshore wind turbines. What happened A wind turbine service technician suffered serious […]
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