What happened Riggers on a vessel were moving heavy deck plates (2.45 m x 1.2 m x 5 mm, weighing 114 kg) when one of them got his hand caught, causing a crush […]
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Safety Events
Hand injury whilst using pillar drill
What happened The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published an alert in which someone was injured whilst using a pillar drill. An experienced engineer was changing out a drill bit […]
Two cases of hand injuries – UK HSE
Incident 1: Worker Injures Hand on Lathe What happened THE UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) reports that an engineering firm was sentenced after a worker suffered injuries to his […]
LTI: Injury to right wrist
What happened Someone using a power tool suffered a serious injury to the right wrist when the drill got out of control. Vessel engineers were installing a support frame for […]
Parting of hawser and bulk cargo hose during tandem mooring
What happened During at-sea bunkering operations between two vessels, a mooring line parted and then a fuel hose parted also. There was no spillage of fuel. The incident occurred when […]
Near miss: Failure of subsea lifting equipment
What happened A dummy spool connected to two lift bags made a rapid and uncontrolled ascent to the surface. The incident occurred during diving operations on a construction barge. There […]
High potential incident: Fast rescue craft capsized
What happened A fast rescue craft (FRC) being used in a near-shore shallow water seismic survey in tropical waters, capsized causing four people to fall into the sea. There were […]
Crewman found collapsed – Seasickness
What happened? A trainee member of the crew was found lying unconscious on the deck between two cement tanks. In falling his left arm had twisted under him but there […]
Fall from height during yard visit
What happened A yard worker fell 4m from the main deck to a mezzanine deck. The injured worker suffered a compression fracture in his right ankle. During a yard visit, […]
Fall from height – LTI
What happened? On a vessel that was alongside, crew were engaged in offloading equipment from below-decks through a series of hatches, when their supervisor lost his footing and fell through […]
Worker suffers hand injury
What happened? The UK Health & Safety Executive (UK HSE) reports that a company was fined after a worker suffered a serious hand injury after a machinery incident. The incident […]
LTI: Finger injury during pilot ladder preparation
What happened? An Ordinary Seaman was injured while rigging the pilot ladder during arrival in port. In preparation before rigging the ladder, a floodlight was being lowered by the crewman. […]
LTI: Hand injury resulting from clothing catching on door
What happened? Crew were standing down from mooring stations after a vessel left port. One crewman was passing through a heavy door, when the left sleeve of his overalls got […]
Near-miss: Snagged lifting bridle
What happened The MSF has published Safety Alert 17-03 in which lifting rigging got snagged on an open top mini basket type unit. The incident occurred on a platform supply […]
High potential near-miss: Mooring rope parted
What happened? Mooring buoy rope parted while the vessel was moored. No injuries or damage to the vessel occurred apart from the parted mooring rope. The potential severity of incident […]
Equipment failure leading to crane collapse
What happened? A vessel was tied up in port alongside another vessel (double banked). An attempt was made to lift a 20′ freight container cabin from a truck, onto the […]
Near-misses during diving operations
Incident 1: diving bell nearly carried into subsea lifting equipment During a bell run at 90msw a task was completed and the diving support vessel (DSV) needed to relocate to […]
LTI: Tugger winch incident (MSF)
What happened? The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) reports an incident involving a platform supply vessel which had completed loading operations and the deck crew were securing the cargo for sea […]
Drill bit snapped: Finger injury sustained
What happened? A crewman was in the process of using an electric drill to fix a broom head to a broom stick. The broom stick was held in the vice. […]
LTI: Finger injury sustained handling heavy shackle pin
What happened? During re-rigging of heavy lifting gear, two riggers were holding the crane hook upright, another three were holding the shackle, and a sixth crewman was holding the shackle […]
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