What happened The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published Safety Alert 13-17 relating to Fixed CO2 fire extinguishing systems. This alert follows discovery of critical deficiencies in the fixed […]
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US Coast Guard Safety Alert 07/17 – CO₂ hazards
During two recent vessel inspections Coast Guard marine inspectors participated in and witnessed occasions where the testing and maintenance of a COâ‚‚ system resulted in serious safety threats that could […]
Near-miss: Suspected high levels of CO₂ in diver breathing gas
A member has reported an incident where there was an elevated level of COâ‚‚ in the divers reclaim breathing gas during saturation diving operations. A dive team was performing diving […]
Awareness: CO₂ flooding system activation points
A member has highlighted a potential gap in safety awareness which may be of interest to members. One of their vessels has a CO2 flooding system activation point within the […]
Pressure switch location for fixed fire suppression systems
The United States Coast Guard has published a report regarding an engine room fire in a vessel. The safety alert addresses the location of fire suppression system pressure switches aboard […]
Engine room CO₂ isolating valve
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Flash 11-31 regarding a ‘routine’ inspection of a vessel’s COâ‚‚ fire fighting system. It was noticed that the engine room COâ‚‚ isolating […]
Serious failure of CO₂ fire-fighting system
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published Alerts 10(a)-10 abd 10(b)-10 regarding the failure of a CO2 fire-fighting system during a fire in a machinery space on board a […]
CO₂ systems safety pins
The UK Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the enclosed safety flash concerning the safety pins used for transporting and disabling COâ‚‚ cylinders.
Breathing gas contamination
A member has reported an incident involving the contamination of a diver’s breathing gas. CO2 contamination was found to be present in three cylinders of a diver’s breathing gas (96/4%). […]
Exposure to CO₂ release from dry ice storage
IMCA has learned of the following incident whereby an unexpected hazard arose when stowing refrigerated stores. A vessel was in the process of mobilising for a prolonged spell offshore and […]
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