What happened? During operations, it was observed that the connecting shackle pins on two separate items of overhead equipment (fall arrest inertia reels) were loose and could have become detached. […]
Safety Flashes
IMCA safety flashes disseminate important information on incidents and potential hazards and the lessons learnt from them that can help prevent incidents occurring elsewhere in the industry.
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Safety Events
Near-miss: Multiple potential dropped objects discovered during loading of spooling unit
What happened? A vessel loaded a spooling unit and other cargo onto a platform. After lifting operations were completed, the platform reported that multiple potential dropped objects (total 19 items) […]
Dropped object: Lay tower adjuster leg pin
What Happened The securing pin from a Tiltable Lay System (TLS) adjuster leg, weighing 600 kg, fell 16m to deck. The incident occurred when the keeper plate bolts slackened off. […]
LTI as a result of load dropped from lifting magnet
What happened? A load dropped from a permanent lifting magnet hit a person’s hand resulting in an LTI. Polished metal elements had to be lifted a few centimetres with a […]
Dropped object injury: Equipment shifted when it was incorrectly unsecured
What happened? On a cable laying vessel, a cable quadrant had been rigged on the bulwarks, seated in a pedestal mounting and secured via lashings on the outboard side. Normal […]
LTI: Contact with refrigerant gas causing hand injury
What happened? An engineer suffered a freezing burn to his hand when there was a leak of refrigerant gas while he was refilling a vessel’s central air conditioning (AC) system. […]
Line parting as a result of socket failure during grapnel operations
A member has reported an incident in which a line parted during grapnel operations. The incident occurred as grapnels were being recovered during attempts to snag, capture and recover a […]
Near-miss: Gas release from subsea pipeline
A member has reported a near miss incident in which there was an unplanned release of gas from a subsea pipeline, when divers were working nearby. A vessel was engaged […]
LTI: Leg injury caused during HP water jetting
What happened? During diving operations to clean a riser with a HP water jet type Cavitek, a diver cut his leg (thigh) with the water jet. The incident occurred whilst […]
Lost time injury (LTI): DMA toppled over, injuring a diver
What happened? A DMA* toppled over, trapping a diver on the seabed and causing an injury to his leg. The incident occurred whilst a diving support vessel (DSV) was working […]
Serious finger injury: procedures during engine maintenance
A member has reported an incident in which an engineer suffered a serious finger injury during planned engine maintenance. The incident occurred alongside during overhaul of a main engine in […]
Eye injury: Crewman got something in his eye when removing his PPE
A member has reported an incident in which a seafarer had to receive medical treatment due to a foreign object getting in his eye. The incident occurred when the injured […]
Lost time injury (LTI): leg injured while dealing with vent flaps
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member suffered a serious leg injury whilst closing ventilation flaps. Two crewmen, one an AB, the other a more inexperienced […]
Vessel activities near platforms – two incidents
A member has reported a number of incidents involving vessels working close to fixed platforms. Incident 1: High potential near miss – vessel blackout on approach to platform A DP1 […]
Bailout cylinder and pillar valve compatibility failure
A member has reported a near miss incident in which there were failures of pillar valves. The incident occurred during visual inspection of bailout cylinders, when it was identified that […]
Two falls – one from a telehandler in a shipyard – failure to think through risks
The UK Health and Safety Executive (UK HSE) has published two recent news alerts covering prosecutions of companies responsible for someone falling from height. Incident 1 Two companies were fined […]
Crewman struck and injured by forklift truck
A member has reported an incident in which a person was struck by a shipyard forklift while returning to the vessel from the yard machine shop. The blow to the […]
Near miss: Unidentified differential pressure led to diver’s umbilical getting trapped
A member has reported an inshore diving near miss incident in which a diver’s umbilical became trapped and subsequently damaged – no divers were injured. The incident occurred when two […]
Fatal fall from height during cargo operations – Johanna C
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published Report 1/2017 regarding a fatal fall from height during cargo operations. The Chief Officer on board the UK registered general cargo […]
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