Safety Flashes

We have recently learned of a crane whip line, on an offshore crane, parting when lifting a concrete mat weighing 4.5 tonnes from the vessel deck. The load being lifted […]

Two accidents have recently been reported during a lifting operation on a fixed installation. The first accident happened during the lifting of a 13 tonne tank. When topping the boom […]

One of our members has reported a failure of a container door on one of their vessels. The container door became unlatched during a period of moderate swell. The vessel […]

A member has reported that while extending an hydraulic arm on a tooling system using a (enerpac) hydraulic pump, rated for 10,000 psi (680 bar), the output hose burst next […]

The following incident was recently reported to us. It occurred on an offshore installation where the half inch BSP cap appears to have blown off a pressure testing manifold under […]

We have recently had reported to us this near-miss concerning an ROV support vessel and an unmanned installation. The vessel was operating under automatic control with the platform selected in […]

One of our members has alerted us to a problem with one type of SOPEP oil boom – type SMB40. SPOEP oil booms are normally manufactured using blown polypropylene as […]

One of our members has recently experienced an incident during a lifeboat drop test carried out on three lifeboats. One of the three lifeboats failed its drop test due to […]

We have received a report of an incident on one of our members’ vessels where a Simrad SHT SPT 319 transponder was retrieved from the seabed. Once on deck and […]

We have received the following information from one of our members, where that member’s vessel suffered a loss of joystick control for no apparent reason, whilst working alongside a rig […]

We have received the following safety alert from UKOOA – the UK Offshore Operators Association: “Recent investigations on an unplanned disconnection of a marine aluminium telescopic gangway identified a potential […]

The following information has been reported to us as a safety alert received from the UK Health and Safety Executive. “The results of recent investigations have indicated that several hundred […]

The following near miss on an offshore installation has been reported. During high winds a 21m exhaust slack from one of the turbine engines on an offshore installation was seen […]

An incident which involved the inadvertent release of a taut wire dump weight recently occurred on a member’s vessel. The incident itself did not result in any injury, damage or […]

During the ten year pressure test of the regeneration plumbing onboard a member’s vessel in dry dock, a cracked weld was discovered. The length of plumbing which contained this crack […]

An incident was recently reported to us which occurred during the recovery of a plough whilst cable laying. The emergency plough recovery system used incorporated an Emergency Life Line (ELL). […]

A serious incident occurred during a routine lifeboat operational test, involving the lowering of a vessel lifeboat into the water. A three-man crew boarded the lifeboat, strapped themselves in, and […]

During the lowering of a Watercraft lifeboat to the sea for planned annual maintenance and test run, the brake release cable became snarled on its reel. The end of the […]

The E&P Forum has also produced Lifeboat Safety Guidelines – these guidelines are intended for offshore operators and contractors – and address lifeboat operational and maintenance aspects – with emphasis […]

A video has recently been produced by the UK’s Health & Safety Executive (HSE) entitled “Lifeboat On-load Release Gear – Safe Inspection and Maintenance”. Four lives have been lost over […]