The online safety magazine https://safety4sea.com, which amongst other organisations, re-publishes IMCA safety flashes, has published an article entitled “Tackling fire onboard: Where we stand”. It is based on findings from […]
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Safety Events
High potential: electric shock near miss
What happened? An engineer suffered a minor electrical shock while troubleshooting a faulty 690V electric motor. The engineer checked the drive belt and then proceeded to measure the phases. Measuring […]
Fatal crush incident between platform supply vessel and fast rescue craft (2012)
This is an old incident which occurred ten years ago in Aberdeen. The initial Marine Accident Investigation Branch report here was brought to members’ attention as IMCA SF 04/13 Fatal […]
Crosby – Important safety notice for 7/8″ 6.5t Anchor Shackles
The following information is a communication from the Crosby Group relating to shackles.
MSF: Corrosion in fire-fighting equipment
What happened The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 22-09 relating to observations involving the CO2 firefighting system onboard a vessel. Significant corrosion was found during routine monthly […]
Searchlight fell from vessel during heavy weather
What happened The starboard wing searchlight became detached from its mounting bracket in heavy weather, and fell directly into the sea, snapping the secondary tether that was in place. What […]
USCG: Exceeding electrical duty rating can lead to failure
The United States Coastguard (USCG) has published Safety Alert 03-22 relating to the importance of verifying the condition and electrical duty ratings of the motor starter contactors in winch controllers […]
Near miss: grinder disc rotation set up in the wrong direction
What happened In preparation for a forthcoming dive a GR29 underwater grinder was requested to be set up by the topside technician to be used for left-handed cutting to assist […]
Surface decompression near-miss
What happened? During surface decompression, following a SURDO2 42msw/40min dive, the depth of the chamber was unintentionally decreased from 12msw to 5msw forty minutes into the decompression. Immediately after this […]
This is not a drill…an LTI during a drill (MSF)
What happened The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) reports in Safety Alert 22-08 an incident in which someone was injured during a drill. Crew on a vessel were undertaking a programme […]
Safe Use of Ladders and Stepladders
The Ladder Association, in co-operation with the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published Guidance Document LA455 on the safe use of ladders and stepladders, found here: https://ladderassociation.org.uk/la455/. In […]
IOGP: Dropped object with potential for injury – riser release
What happened IOGP have released Safety Alert 334 relating to a dropped object incident during drilling operations on a Jack-up Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit. Following running of the completion in […]
Process Safety Fundamentals – IOGP / Step Change
Step Change in Safety https://www.stepchangeinsafety.net/ has created a “Safety Moment” based on IOGP’s Process Safety Fundamentals with the inclusion of relevant incident examples. Whilst not all of the incidents occurred […]
Explosion – hot work in a flammable atmosphere (Transport Malta)
The Marine Safety Investigation Unit (MSIU) of Transport Malta has published Safety Investigation Report 05/2022 relating to an explosion on a tanker following use of an angle grinder on deck […]
MSF: Manual Handling Injury During Bulk Hose Operations
What happened The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 22-07 regarding an incident where a crewman was injured during hose handling operations. The incident occurred when a vessel […]
Maintenance and painting – two incidents
What happened A member reports two incidents in which something went wrong owing to failures in the maintenance process. Incident 1: Material failure during lowering of lifeboat During lowering of […]
MAIB: Loss of containers overboard – task seen as routine
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has completed a preliminary assessment into an incident where 34 containers were lost overboard. What happened On 31 October 2020, 34 containers were […]
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 […]
Riggers injured while disconnecting rigging
What happened Three riggers were injured whilst removing rigging from a load of timber pads after they had been backloaded from the vessel to a cargo barge. The barge and […]
MAIB: Blockage of fixed CO2 fire extinguishing system pilot hoses
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published Safety Bulletin 1/2022 into a fire on board a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship in September 2021. What happened A fire broke out […]
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