Safety Flashes

A member has reported that while recovering an inflated lift bag over the bow bulwarks on one of its vessels, a regulator attached to an oxygen pack was broken off […]

A member has reported the following incident which occurred onboard one of its vessels. The vessel was in heavy seas when it was hit by several 20-25′ swells, causing the […]

This crane incident also occurred onshore, but the lessons to be learnt are equally applicable to members’ lifting operations. During a major turn-around, fan tubes were being lifted using a […]

The following incident occurred at an onshore fabrication facility, but provides an important reminder of areas that must be considered when planning for situations where loads and stacks have the […]

We have received the following information regarding loss of a survey vessel. This loss followed the ingress of water into the ship’s engine room. There were no injuries amongst the […]

During routine maintenance of bail-out bottles on a member’s dive support vessel (DSV), a serious flaw was discovered on a first stage bail-out regulator. When the relief valve was dismantled, […]

Members were advised of this potential hazard in Safety Flash 04/02 (DSI air helmets – Leakage of water into regulator). We have now been passed a copy of the notice […]

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 […]

We have received the following information from a member regarding a DP blackout incident on one of its vessels. This safety flash outlines the incident, the learnings from the incident […]

One of our members reported an incident involving lithium chloride batteries in a transponder unit which, having been recovered from depth, released a gaseous white powder through its vent valve. […]

A member has reported that during routine inspection and maintenance of the bailout cylinder, the diving supervisor found corrosion pitting on the cylinder body hidden beneath the harness strap. The […]

A member has reported an accident that took place during an onshore drilling operation. The crew was rigging down various rig components during the rig move to a new location. […]

A member has reported that when a pipe joint was landed on a bevel station conveyor and whilst the operator was removing the sling from this pipe with his right […]

A member has reported that an electrician was on the deck of a semi-submersible crane vessel and was going to the lower part of the J-lay tower (clamp area) in […]

A member has reported that whilst lowering a lifeboat during coxswain training the bow release hook mechanism opened on contact with the water releasing the forward fall. The aft fall […]

We received the attached safety flash yesterday from Divex Ltd, who are distributing the information to all potential users, who should fully check and test their equipment to ensure continued […]

A member has reported the following incident. A driller was positioning a rig sub-structure base area, lifting up the front extension. The sub-structure was lower than the extension and the […]

A member has reported the following incident, which occurred during an onshore drilling operation. During the operation (run in hole) with a 4½” liner, the crew was instructed to fill […]

A member has passed on a report of an incident where a contracted specialist was working on an open panel supplying instrumentation gas. He was carrying a cellphone that was […]

A member has reported that during subsea operation, the upper part of a guidewire anchor disengaged from the main body of the anchor, resulting in the unintended release of the […]