Safety Flashes

A member has reported an incident in which an object fell 10m onto the main deck of a vessel. The incident occurred during pipe spooling operations on a vessel. Deck […]

Oil and Gas UK (OGUK) has circulated a report of a near-miss incident involving refuelling of helicopters. The incident occurred when the fuel supply to the aircraft was interrupted and […]

A member has reported a near miss incident in which rigging was anchored to uncertified points. The incident occurred during pipelay operations onboard a vessel. A temporary rigging solution using […]

A member has reported an incident which a chain link parted when a shock load was introduced to the chains. The inappropriate use of chains was a major failing in […]

A member has reported an incident which a crew member injured his hand during mooring operations. The incident occurred when a bunker barge was beginning an approach to the port […]

An incident has been reported to IMCA in which there was a small fire in a below-decks space on an offshore wind turbine crew transfer vessel (CTV). The incident occurred […]

The Workplace Safety and Health Council of Singapore (WSH) has published a safety bulletin regarding an incident in which a worker was hit and fatally injured by a ship crane […]

A member has reported two incidents, one involving a near miss, the other involving a collision between two vessels, with the common factor between them being the way in which […]

A member has reported a near-miss incident which a crew member was almost struck by a falling object. The near-miss occurred when the crew member was executing a daily sea-fastening […]

The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (IOGP) has published the following safety alert regarding a confined space entry fatality in which one person lost his life and another […]

A member has reported an incident which a valve failed on a diver’s emergency cylinder. The incident occurred on board a diving support vessel (DSV) whilst divers were preparing for […]

A member has reported a near miss incident in which 690V bus bars were found with inadequate insulation. The 690V switchboard had been isolated for a survey, and the panels […]

A member has highlighted a number of dropped object incidents in recent months, two of which were considered high potential and reportable to the local regulatory authorities. This safety flash […]

A member has reported two similar incidents, which happened within two days at two very different locations, in which persons were injured whilst trying to stop moving objects. The first […]

A member has reported an incident in which a member of the deck crew injured their thumb while operating a hydraulic umbilical winch. The vessel deck crew were recovering hydraulic […]

A member has reported an incident in which a master link failed during articulation of an overboarding chute. As one of the final stages of mobilisation of a jumper deployment […]

A member has reported an incident in which a winch clutch failed during bell recovery. A diving support work barge was performing riser installation in saturation mode. The saturation dive […]

A number of our members have seen an increase in the number of slips, trips and falls reported from offshore vessels in the past twelve months. There is a clear […]

A member has reported a near-miss incident which a large hydraulic reel started rotating in an uncontrolled way. The incident occurred during onshore preparatory works for a vessel mobilisation. Two […]

The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published the following safety bulletin regarding an incident in which someone died as a result of a hydraulic injection injury sustained whilst […]