A member has reported an incident on an offshore platform in which three scaffold boards fell 4m from one deck to another. The incident occurred when the scaffold boards were […]
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
Fall fatality during platform abandonment
The US Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Gulf of Mexico outer continental shelf (OCS) region has published a safety flash regarding an incident in […]
Confined space entry fatality
The Accident Investigation Board of Norway (AIBN) has published the following safety flash regarding a confined space entry fatality on board a vessel, in which a crew member died during […]
Two recent cases of hand and arm injuries
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published two safety flashes (12-25 and 26) regarding incidents in which personnel have injured their hands or arms. In the first incident, a crewman […]
Small fire and minor injury during gas cutting
A member has reported an incident in which a small fire caused a minor injury during the use of oxyacetylene cutting equipment. The incident occurred when a welder was using […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Incident with circular saw leads to loss of thumb
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman cut off the top of his thumb and his middle finger whilst working with a circular table top bench saw. […]
Near-miss: Cable reel deck cargo broke loose
The Nautical Institute (NI) has published the following safety flash regarding an incident in which a wooden cable reel, weighing about 11 tons, broke loose in heavy seas when a […]
Two recent incidents involving injuries
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published two safety flashes regarding incidents in which workers onboard vessels have injured themselves.
Near-miss: Saturation diver lost gas supply
A member has reported a near-miss incident in which a saturation diver on the seabed lost reclaim and immediately thereafter, lost his main gas supply. The incident occurred during pipeline […]
Failure to follow gas quad procedure
A member has reported an incident in which a quad of diving quality air was mistakenly connected to a saturation system instead of diving quality oxygen and was injected into […]
Near-miss: Live electrical cable
A member has reported a recent near miss incident involving live electrical cables on board a vessel. The incident has highlighted the importance of close interface between contractors working onboard […]
MSF – Near-miss: Dropped objects
The MSF has published the following two Safety Flashes regarding a number of recent near miss incidents involving dropped objects:
Snagging damage during lifting operations
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) published Safety Flash 12-13 regarding an incident in which part of a platform supply vessel was damaged when a large piece of equipment was lifted […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Crewman’s finger pinched when moving the gangway
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman suffered a serious pinch injury to his finger whilst moving a gangway. The incident occurred during preparation for departure from […]
Near-miss: Person fell from boarding ladder
A member has reported an incident in which a person slipped from the barge boarding ladder and almost fell into the water. During a short boat transfer from the accommodation […]
Uncontrolled ascent of lift bag
A member has reported an incident in which an inflated underwater lift bag was let go, causing it to rise to the surface in an uncontrolled way. The incident occurred […]
Near-miss: cargo carrying unit (CCU) flipped over during lifting operations
The MSF published Safety Flash 12/12 regarding an incident in which a cargo carrying unit (CCU) was flipped over during lifting operations, narrowly missing a crewman. The immediate cause was […]
Crane and supply boat lifting incident
The MSF published Safety Flash 12-11 regarding an incident in which a 14 tonne load (a metal reel) made contact with vessel. The single chain/wire arrangement securing the reel to […]
Cargo hose incidents
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) published Safety Flash 12-10 regarding a number of cargo hose related incidents. In all cases this was due to a breakdown of communication, procedure and […]
Near-miss during subsea cutting operations
A member has reported an incident during subsea gas flame cutting in which a flashback occurred and one oxygen hose burst in two places. During gas flame cutting with a […]
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