What happened During pipelay activities onboard a vessel, a welding fume extraction hood (which weighed 215kg) fell onto a work station below. A crew member working in the welding station […]
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Safety Events
MAIB: Person injured during lifting of compressor
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published Safety Digest 1/2024, consisting of lessons from recent Marine Accident Reports. IMCA has reviewed the report and passes on to members […]
Dropped lifting beam due to parted soft strop
What happened? During lifting operations a lifting beam weighing 4 Te was dropped from 50cm. The incident occurred when the lifting beam was being prepared for relocation for sea fastening […]
Stored energy – dislodged pin causes injury
What happened? During disconnection of a structure, a securing pin became stuck and could not be removed by hand. A hydraulic jack was employed to eject the pin which resulted […]
Hand and finger injuries
What happened Hand and finger injuries continue to be a significant theme in the incidents shared with IMCA by its members. This is a summary of two recent examples from […]
Injuries to the eyes and face
A member reports a number of incidents where crew have sustained injuries to the face. Eye and face injuries are always a serious matter. IMCA has relayed these incidents to […]
Trapped finger during mooring operations
What happened A deckhand injured the fingers on his right hand during mooring operations. The incident occurred when a vessel was headed to the pontoon to moor alongside her regular […]
Near miss – lid on ash trash barrel blown off due to hot ash
What happened? The lid on a waste container barrel blew off due to a build-up of excessive pressure within the waste container, caused by hot ash being deposited inside. The […]
MAIB: Crew member injured by rotating crank handle – LTI
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published Safety Digest 1/2024, consisting of lessons from recent Marine Accident Reports. IMCA has reviewed the report and will pass on to members […]
UK HSE: worker injured by falling stack of batteries in Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers
What happened The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued a press release relating to a case where an employee was severely injured after batteries weighing at least 300kg […]
Person injured when chain hoist container failed at securing point
What happened? An overhead electric chain hoist container/box weighing approx. 30kg fell around 0.8m onto a crew member. The incident occurred whilst crew were working on adjustment of a heavy […]
Person struck and injured during lifting operations
What happened The incident occurred during decommissioning activities on board a spar, where a fire water pump skid had to be removed. It was gouged out from the top of […]
Person pulled to deck by fall arrest harness
What happened? During moonpool preparations for running the a tool in the hole, the crane whip line was being lowered to deck under supervision of the deck supervisor. A third-party […]
LTI: Damage and personal injury arising from heavy weather
What happened On a vessel waiting on weather, a weathertight door in the crane pedestal from the main deck to the crane room was forced open by a large wave […]
Heavy equipment fell over during manual handling
What happened? During manual handling of a heavy control cabinet, the centre of gravity was compromised, and the cabinet fell over onto a crew member’s leg, resulting in a bruise […]
MSF: two dropped object incidents
Incident 1 – dropped metal wedge A pin was required to be pulled on a hinge system for the dynamic gangway system on a W2W (walk-to-work) vessel. As part of […]
Diver in the bell hit by falling object
What happened? A diver in the diving bell was hit and slightly injured by a water bottle containing a gallon of water (4.5kg). Diver #1 left the bell and was […]
Line of fire near miss during lifting operations
What happened A member of the deck crew member put themselves in the line of fire during landing of a structure on the back deck of a vessel. The installation […]
Two hand injuries
What happened A member reports two hand injuries. Incident 1 As a Pilot climbed the vessel’s access hatch to the under-deck passage, his backpack straps entangled with the hatch retaining […]
LTI: Fingers injured during fender lifting operation
What happened? A crew member suffered severe injuries to two fingers during fender lifting operations. The injuries occurred while hauling up the webbing slings with a (13mm (half-inch) polypropylene rope […]
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