A member has reported an incident in which a worker fell 16m and sustained multiple fractures. The incident occurred when the worker was part of a team dismantling a hanging […]
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: Dropped handrail/gate near moonpool
A member has reported an incident in which a handrail gate was dislodged from its retaining points and fell 4.5m to the deck. The incident occurred after crew members moved […]
Fatal wind farm accident
A fatal wind farm incident has been brought to the attention of IMCA. A crane operator working at an onshore wind farm site in Europe was killed when a blade […]
Diving decompression chambers – not fit for purpose
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (OGP) has published the following Safety Flash regarding a number of air decompression chambers that have been identified during verification audits that […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Broken thumb
A member has reported an incident in which an employee suffered a broken thumb. The incident occurred during demobilisation works onboard a barge, where two technicians were stripping out cables […]
Diver emergency decompression following construction barge anchor loss during tropical storm
A member has reported an incident in which a construction derrick lay barge lost all of its bow/weather anchors during a severe tropical storm. The incident occurred while the barge […]
Fatality during basket transfer
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member suffered a fatal fall from a Billy Pugh X-800 series personnel basket during a transfer between an incomplete platform […]
Serious DP diving incident
A member has reported an incident during diving operations when the Dive Support Vessel (DSV) suffered a DP Control System failure and consequent uncontrolled vessel movement. Diver 1 and Diver […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Crewman broke leg falling into tank
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Flash 12-45 regarding an incident in which a crewman fell over four metres from the main deck into a tank and broke […]
Luff ram clevis failures
A member has reported a number of incidents in which a luff ram has parted at the clevis. The first incident occurred during a load test of a remotely operated […]
First aid injury: Contact with spinning spooler arm
A member has reported an incident in which a spinning handle on a spooler arm hit someone on the upper arm, wrist and knuckles, causing light bruising. The incident occurred […]
Damage to crane winch
A member has reported an incident in which a crane winch was badly damaged and the load dropped as a result. The incident occurred on a vessel when the crane […]
Near-miss: Shackle configuration
A member has reported finding shackles used for lifting equipment in an unsafe condition. A third-party lifting inspector was re-certifying lifting equipment when a 1 ton lifting shackle was discovered […]
Fire in engine room workshop
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Flash 12-42 regarding an incident in which there was a small fire onboard within the engine room workshop. The fire occurred when […]
Lost time injury (LTI) caused by inadvertent activation of expired line throwing device
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman was seriously injured when inadvertently struck by a line throwing rocket. The incident occurred when a search was made for […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Serious hand injury during subsea lifting operations
A member has reported an incident in which a diver injured his hand during subsea lifting operations. A diver was about to pull a 4m round sling (20 ton SWL) […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Person fell over on helideck and broke arm
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Flash 12-41 regarding an incident in which a helicopter landing officer (HLO) was thrown off his feet by turbulence from the helicopter […]
Near-miss: Poorly secured load during lifting operations
A member has reported an incident in which equipment being back-loaded was found to be incorrectly and unsafely secured. The incident occurred during demobilisation of a third-party winch and running […]
US Coast Guard Alert: Problem with certain kinds of personal flotation device
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published the following Marine Safety Alert regarding certain Mustang Survival Inflatable PFDs with Hammar MA1hydrostatic (HIT) inflation systems which may not inflate and […]
High potential near-miss: Dropped object
A member has reported an incident in which a piece of angle bar fell 11m to the deck. The incident occurred when shipyard workers and third party contractors were in […]
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