What happened On a pipelay tower, the AC cover of a capstan electrical cabinet became detached and fell approximately 1.7 meters. The cover was found resting on a cable attached […]
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Lifeboat air cylinder explosion on an empty installation
What happened An air bottle exploded on a lifeboat causing significant damage. The damage was discovered during a periodic inspection of an offshore platform which had been shut-in and had […]
Failure of self-righting frame on Fast Rescue Craft (FRC)
What happened? During a routine rescue drill the self-righting frame assembly fell off the Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) into the water while the FRC was transiting at approximately 15 knots. […]
Electrolytic corrosion: failure of fire hose couplings
What happened During routine pressure/leak testing, a fire hose fitting failed at the neck of the stub inserted into the hose. As part of annual testing of the fire hydrant […]
Near miss: Floor Plate fell from Main Mast during storm
What happened A floor plate fell from the main mast to the deck during a storm. At the time there were violent storm force winds of 55 to 60 knots […]
HSE: Catastrophic failure of marine loading arm
What happened The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a safety alert on the catastrophic failure of a marine loading arm. Marine loading arms (MLAs) are used to […]
Flood light dropped to deck – corrosion
A floodlight weighing about 6kg was found on the deck, near to the scaffolding storage area, underneath the main crane boom rest. The flood light affixed to the main crane […]
MSF: Air cylinder failure in lifeboat
What happened There was a structural failure of an air cylinder fitted in a lifeboat. It occurred without warning. No work had or was being conducted on or around the […]
Vessel flooding incident
What happened? A vessel suffered flooding and loss of integrity, caused by sea water ingress into the engine room, due to a hole developing in the box cooler bulkhead. A […]
Dropped object near miss – crane boom bumper stop falls off
What happened? This was a high potential near miss dropped object incident in which a crane boom bumper stop fell onto the crane cab. No personnel were injured; however, there […]
Failed shackle on vessel life raft
What happened? There was a failure of two stainless steel “D” shackles forming part of a life raft hydrostatic release assembly on a vessel. This was discovered whilst the vessel […]
Corrosion: failure of bolts on a cargo barge bollard
What happened? During pipelay operations a cargo barge was moored port side to the pipelay vessel to enable pipe loading. Mooring lines were secured to the cargo barge’s bow, stern […]
Dropped object: crane floodlight
What happened? A floodlight fell from its position on the knuckle boom of the vessel’s crane. The floodlight arrangement was supported on a stainless steel bracket, comprising a bar and […]
Galvanic corrosion causes dropped object – satellite dome fell from mast
What happened? A vessel was sailing in its assigned standby location during heavy weather when the VSAT satellite antenna dome mounted on the vessel’s mast fell off and landed in […]
High potential near-miss: SWL plate fell from crane auxiliary block
A member has reported a near miss incident in which an object – a steel SWL plate weighing 0.7 kg -fell from a crane block onto the deck. The incident […]
Use of spelter sockets
A member has reported an incident onboard one of its vessel’s that has highlighted a potential safety issue for other IMCA member’s regarding the use of a particular type of […]
Power management system dynamic positioning (DP) incident
We have received the following information from a member regarding a power management system (PMS) fault which led to a DP station keeping incident on one of its vessels. This […]
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