The International Association of Oil and Gas Producers (OGP) published a safety alert regarding an incident in which an explosion occurred. The incident occurred at a location during restoration activities […]
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
Equipment damaged by waterspout
The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published the following safety alert, regarding an incident in which hydraulic work-over equipment was toppled […]
Hand injury: Grease injection into small finger
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) published safety alert 14-07 regarding an incident in which someone using a grease gun managed to inject grease into his arm. The incident occurred when […]
Navigational near-miss in restricted visibility
A member has reported a near miss incident in which an offshore wind farm crew transfer vessel (CTV) avoided another vessel in its path during a period of restricted visibility. […]
Near-miss incidents during personnel transfer to offshore renewable energy installations
A member has reported a number of near miss incidents involving a workboat used to service wind turbine towers in the offshore wind farm sector. The near misses related to […]
Near-miss: Strong sun glare contributes to heavy impact on boat landing
A member reported an incident in which a CTV (crew transfer vessel) made a heavy impact on a boat landing on an offshore renewable energy turbine tower. The weather conditions […]
Fatality during air diving operations
A member has reported an incident in which a diver was killed during air diving operations, whilst working from a four point dive support vessel moored alongside an offshore platform. […]
Overloading leads to catastrophic failure of crane boom
The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published the following safety flash regarding an incident in which a crane boom collapsed after […]
EPIRB precautionary bulletin
It has come to IMCA’s attention that there are a very small number of instances where certain EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons) have failed a self-test procedure. A consequence […]
Snubber failure
A member has reported the discovery of a failure to a snubber on an ROV launch and recovery system. This was discovered during maintenance and annual load test of the […]
Restricted work case (RWC): Injury to foot caused by moving roller
A member has reported an incident in which a person sustained an injury to his right foot caused by a moving roller in pipe-handling equipment. The injury happened when a […]
Decompression illness (DCI) incident during routine decompression of divers from saturation
A member has reported a decompression illness incident during a ‘routine’ and planned decompression of divers in saturation chambers from a storage depth of -160 metres sea water (msw). During […]
Lower stairwell step collapses causing injury
The United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published the following safety flash regarding an incident in which an injury occurred when a […]
Potential dropped objects found lodged in holes on a freight container
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 14-06 regarding a potential dropped object. Two loose metal pieces were discovered in the holes for fork-lifting on a freight container. These […]
Oil spill incident
A member has reported an incident in which a bunker hose parted and a 40 litre diesel oil spillage occurred onto the deck and into the water. The incident occurred […]
Near-miss: Failure to reconnect fire suppression systems
A member has reported an incident in which it was discovered that key components of a fire suppression system had been left disconnected after a dry docking period. The omission […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Thumb laceration
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member was injured when a can of enamel spray paint failed under pressure and parted along the seam. The crew […]
Watertight doors left open at sea
A member has reported a number of occasions during recent inspections on one of their vessels where auditors have observed designated watertight doors, which are to be kept closed at […]
Fire and subsequent foundering of wind farm support workboat
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published the following report regarding an incident in which a 14m wind farm support catamaran, ECC Topaz, caught fire. The three crew […]
Entanglement in moving or rotating machinery
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published incident 11-13 as a timely reminder of the risks of entanglement in moving or rotating machinery. In this instance, a crew member’s […]
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