A member has reported a number of confined space incidents during a class renewal docking of a vessel, and has brought these to IMCA’s attention as a reminder to raise […]
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.
Individual safety events are available individually online, tagged and searchable, while the traditional PDF collections are also available for download.
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Safety Events
Near-miss: Corrosion caused crane boom failure during heavy lifting
A member has reported an incident in which a crane boom failed under load while lifting a 37T load. The incident occurred after the load was taken up by the […]
Fatality during loading operations
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member was struck and fatally injured by a mini-container whilst working on back-loaded cargo from a drilling rig. The incident […]
Dropped object near-miss: small parts falling from crane rest
Two members have reported incidents in which a Teflon pad fell from a crane rest during the parking of the crane. Incident 1 During piling operations on a chartered vessel, […]
High potential near-miss: SWL plate fell from crane auxiliary block
A member has reported a near miss incident in which an object – a steel SWL plate weighing 0.7 kg -fell from a crane block onto the deck. The incident […]
Non-fatal man overboard incident
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman fell overboard during mooring operations. The incident occurred whilst an Offshore Support Vessel (OSV) was casting off from a barge […]
Crewman falls down open hatchway during simultaneous operations
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman was slightly injured when he fell down an open engine hatch on an offshore renewables industry Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV). […]
Recent slips, trips and falls involving stairs
A member has reported an increase in the number of reported incidents involving gangways and stairs. This safety flash serves to raise awareness and to highlight the serious incidents involving […]
Vessel made contact with installation
A member has reported an incident in which a vessel made contact with part of a well-head installation, causing damage to the installation. The incident occurred when the vessel was […]
An error with fire flaps led to engine space flooding, causing costly damage
A member has reported an incident in which there was sea-water flooding of one of the engine spaces on a crew transfer vessel, leading to significant and expensive equipment damage. […]
Rigging incident: Damage to bow hand rail on a crew transfer vessel (CTV)
A member has reported an incident in which the bow rail of an offshore renewables crew transfer vessel was damaged. The incident occurred whilst retrieving a buoy and clump weight […]
Near-miss during transfer operations from a crew transfer vessel (CTV) to a turbine tower
A member has reported a near miss incident during transfer operations between an offshore renewables industry CTV and a turbine tower. The incident occurred during the pick up of crew […]
Lost time injury (LTI) following stored energy release and subsequent serious infection of wound
A member has reported an incident in which a diver was injured subsea whilst disconnecting a flange on a damaged flexible pipe. The incident had occurred after the diver had […]
Three incidents of decompression illness (DCI)
A member has reported three instances of decompression illness on the same diving project. The dives were to a depth of 40m in June in temperate waters. Water temperature at […]
Maintenance of automatic external defibrillators (AED)
During a recent audit, a member discovered significant non-conformances pertaining to the storage and maintenance of AED. The consequences were potentially significant, and immediate re-assessment was undertaken of all such […]
Small change to the disclaimer for all safety flashes
It has been bought to IMCA’s attention that a number of members have been required by their client to make changes to their operations, or to undertake additional activity on […]
AMSA: Free-fall lifeboat safety
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) has published Marine Notice 15/2015 regarding two recent incidents involving the inadvertent or accidental release of free-fall lifeboats. The investigations conducted by the Australian […]
High potential near-miss: Failure of lifeboat release hook mechanism
A member has reported a high potential near miss incident involving the failure of a lifeboat release hook mechanism. The incident occurred during post maintenance testing of the davit brake. […]
Everyday activity, unwanted outcome: Poor manual handling leads to back strain
A member has reported an incident in which a member of the shore staff injured his back due to the incorrect lifting of a heavy box from above head height. […]
RWC – Caught between: Finger smashed by tooling
IADC has recently published a safety alert in which a crewman suffered multiple fractures on his right ring finger. His hand was caught in the jaws of a tong latch […]
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