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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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Lithium battery pack explosion

A member reported an incident which there was an explosion of a lithium battery pack that was supplying power to a corrosion erosion monitor, a non-intrusive method of monitoring wall […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 17/14

Lost time injury (LTI): Fall overboard/fall from height

A member has reported an incident which a member of the crew of a hopper barge fell overboard onto a cylinder fender attached to the quay wall. He sustained serious […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 17/14

MSF: person struck by tugger wire assembly

The Marine Safety Forum has publisheda safety flash regarding an incident in which someone was struck by a tugger wire assembly, requiring subsequent hospitalisation. The incident occurred when a vessel […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 16/14

Ruptured hydraulic hoses

A member has reported an incident involving the rupturing of a pair of hydraulic hoses on a vessel crane. The incident occurred during a port call when the mid-ship crane […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 16/14

MSF: Near-miss incident involving dry bulk pressure system

The Marine Safety Forum has published a safety flash regarding a near miss or potential incident involving control of work whilst carrying out live tests on a pressurised dry bulk […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 16/14

Near-miss: Failure of diving helmet communications module

A member has reported an incident where the communications module on a Kirby Morgan KM 37 diver’s helmet failed at the interface between the threaded section and the main module. […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 16/14

Dropped object incident

A member has reported an incident in which an object of 100kg fell 2m onto a scaffold platform. The incident occurred in port during the removal of a 55t tensioning […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 16/14

Near-miss: Engine room flooding

A member has reported an incident in which the engine room of a seagoing vessel was flooded to a level of two metres above tank top (to just below the […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 16/14

Marine Safe Australia – Hand injuries

Marine Safe Australia has published a safety flash covering a number of hand injuries including the following: While folding a four part hinged folding ladder to place it back to […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 15/14

Confined space entry – multiple fatalities

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published the following report regarding an incident in which three persons were killed as a result of confined space entry on a […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 15/14

Alternator bearing collapse caused small fire

A member has reported an incident on a workboat used in the offshore wind farm industry, in which there was a serious failure of an alternator bearing, leading to a […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 15/14

Diver injured after being trapped underwater

A member reported an incident which a diver became trapped underwater when the seabed gave way under him during a sheet pile cutting/removal operations. The incident occurred during the removal […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 15/14

440V electrical shock incident

A member has reported an incident which a technician received a 440V electric shock. The incident occurred during an investigation of a power distribution unit (PDU) located in the ROV […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 15/14


Lifting and rigging plans

The Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) published the following safety flash regarding the importance of lifting and rigging plans in safe lifting. Recent NOPSEMA investigations […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 14/14

MSF: Disposal of pyrotechnics

The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 14-32 regarding an incident in which a discarded marine flare ignited at a depot where ship’s garbage is sorted out. Fortunately on […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 14/14

High potential dropped object incident

A member reported an incident in which tools were dropped from height. The incident occurred during pick up of engineers from a wind turbine tower. A wind farm workboat was […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 14/14

Lost time injury (LTI): Trip incident during routine task

A member reported an incident which someone tripped over, fell and was injured whilst working on the deck of a vessel. The incident occurred during work on the rear skid […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 14/14

Lost time injury (LTI): Trip incident

A member has reported an incident in which a crew member fell over a trip hazard on deck and broke both elbows as a result. The incident occurred on a […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 14/14


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