A member has reported an incident in which a marine crewman sustained a serious injury to his foot during a ‘routine’ mooring operation. The incident occurred during cable laying operations […]
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
Irukandji jellyfish awareness (Australia)
A member has asked IMCA to raise awareness amongst divers and dive supervisors of the presence of Irukandji Jellyfish in certain Australian waters. Members are encouraged to pass this information […]
Fatality: Man overboard
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member was lost overboard and drowned whilst working on a load on deck near to the side of the vessel. […]
What is a Safety Flash?
IMCA safety flashes and systems for incident reporting and analysis are an important tool for sharing vital information. By publishing them, IMCA helps its members around the world identify potential […]
MSF: Injury – Failure of hatch holdback arrangements
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-32, regarding an incident in which a crew member was injured when there was a failure of the mechanism holding back a […]
Diving helmet: Failure of sealed pull pin
A member has reported an incident without injury in which the knob of a sealed pull pin assembly (p/n 505-110) on a Kirby Morgan diver’s helmet came apart. The incident […]
Fire on board and sinking of liftboat Mako
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States (US NTSB) has published the following safety flash regarding the US-registered liftboat Mako, which caught fire while supporting oil drilling operations […]
Incidents involving use of scaffolding
A member has reported a number of incidents involving the use of scaffolding. Many activities on members’ vessels have to be done at locations which are hard to access or […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Dropped object incident
A member has reported an incident in which someone sustained a serious neck injury as a result of a dropped object incident. The incident occurred whilst members of the crew […]
MSF: fast rescue craft unplanned descent
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-29 regarding an unplanned lowering of a fast rescue craft (FRC). The incident occurred after a fast rescue craft was retrieved to […]
MSF: injuries on mud mixers
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-27 regarding two hand injury incidents, in which crew members were injured on sharp blades on mud mixing equipment on platform supply […]
MSF: bulk hose entanglement with Azi-pod propulsion unit
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-26 regarding an incident in which a hose became entangled with an Azi-pod propulsion unit. The incident occurred during preparations to deliver […]
MSF: high potential near-miss during cargo operations
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-24 regarding an incident in which two crewmen narrowly escaped severe crush injuries whilst engaged in cargo back-loading operations alongside a platform. […]
MSF: gangway detached from vessel
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-23 regarding an incident in which the gangway platform got detached from the vessel, causing the platform and the gangway to drop […]
Dropped object near-miss: wind sensor
A member has reported an incident in which part of a plastic fixed unit wind sensor weighing 0.8kg dropped 10m to the top of the bridge roof. The wind sensor […]
Spillage of oil-based mud
The Marine Safety Forum has published the following safety flash, regarding an incident in which an amount of oil based mud (OBM) was spilt onto the deck of a newly […]
MSF: Crewman injured whilst changing out crane wire
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-21, regarding an incident in which someone was injured while changing out the wire on the crane. The injured person was directly […]
Bunkering hose cut by propeller
The Marine Safety Forum has published the following safety flash, regarding an incident in which a bunkering hose was damaged because it sank and fouled the propeller. The safety flash […]
Near-miss: Un-noticed expiry and deterioration of carbon dioxide absorbent material
A member has reported a near miss incident in which carbon dioxide absorbent material expired and deteriorated beyond usable condition. This was discovered when a saturation diver reported an acidic […]
Risks associated with pneumatic hose couplings – update
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority of Australia (NOPSEMA) has published an updated version of its Safety Alert 55, covering the risks of incorrectly assembled, or faulty, […]
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