A member has reported an incident in which there was an unplanned movement of freight containers on a platform supply vessel. The incident occurred during rough weather whilst the vessel […]
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
Mobile phone charger failures
IMCA brings to members’ attention two recent incidents relating to failures of charging equipment for mobile phones and other small portable equipment using lithium batteries. Incident 1 A member has […]
Near-miss: Rigging recovered with missing nut from tri-plate shackle
A member has reported an incident in which rigging was recovered to deck with missing parts. The incident occurred when a rigging composed of two tri-plates was recovered to the […]
Corrosion of hollow section members on offshore drilling structures
IMCA’s attention has been brought to instances of potentially serious corrosion on certain types of derricks on jack-up offshore drilling rigs. During the periodical inspection of drilling structures, a significant […]
High potential near-miss: Damage to small boat during offshore survey operations
A member has reported an incident in which a small boat was damaged during offshore survey operations. The incident occurred during offshore transit to port. The boat experienced a ‘following […]
Dropped object: Signage dropped from crane boom
A member has reported an incident in which a piece of metal fell from a crane boom. The incident occurred on a vessel whilst alongside during the testing of the […]
Preliminary report into helicopter crash near Bergen
The Air Accident Investigation Board of Norway (AIBN) has published a preliminary report on the accident at Turøy, near Bergen, Norway on 29 April 2016. An Airbus H225 helicopter was […]
Dropped object: Tank dog
The MSF has published a safety alert regarding an incident in which a hatch securing ‘dog’ was found on the cargo deck of a platform supply vessel (PSV). The item […]
Potential dropped object: Inbound cargo
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published a safety alert regarding a potential dropped object. Back-loading of a large piece of equipment took place from an offshore location. Subsequently on […]
Serious incident: Pad eye fell from crane boom and struck rigger
A member has reported a potentially very serious near miss incident in which a crewman was struck by a falling object. The incident took place when a 50 Te deck […]
Product awareness: Chains for lifting Harding FF1200 lifeboat
Lifeboat manufacturer Harding has published the following bulletin regarding certain lifting chain components used for lifeboats of the type FF1200. During inspection of this lifting equipment, a damaged link was […]
Life jacket failures
IMCA’s attention has been drawn to a number of cases of life jacket failure. In recent months a contractor found that at least seven life jackets had failed for the […]
Counterfeit admiralty products
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has issued a warning over the dangers posed to the safety of vessels, crews and cargoes by counterfeit nautical charts and publications, and has […]
Fatalities caused by crane collapse following metal fatigue
The UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has published information on a crane hire company that was fined following an incident that led to the death of two men as […]
Condensate leak
The UK Step Change in Safety has published a ‘safety moment’ regarding a condensate leak. Whilst there were no injuries, this was a high potential incident and some of the […]
Failure of fire extinguishers owing to corrosion
A member has reported a near miss incident in which a fire extinguisher failed due to corrosion of the internal stem. The failure was discovered during inspections of fire extinguishers […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Serious hand injury during high pressure washing operations
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman was injured during high pressure jet-washing operations. The incident occurred during wash down operations inside a ballast tank. An able […]
First aid injury: Person struck by wire under tension
A member has reported an incident in which a crew person was struck by a wire under tension. The incident occurred when a rigging crew were preparing to transfer a […]
Fatality: Crew member struck by forklift during quayside operations
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member was struck by a forklift truck during quayside operations, and suffered fatal injuries. The incident happened when a vessel […]
Mooring near-miss: Lines break during un-docking operation
The Danish safety organisation Seahealth.dk has circulated a near miss incident in which lines parted during undocking operations. A vessel’s mooring lines (double braided synthetic fibre rope 65mm) were used […]
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