A member has reported two incidents involving the failure of pallet lifters. The first incident resulted in the failure of a wire rope for a fork pallet lifter which parted […]
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
Diver helmet hat light
A member has reported an incident in which an overheating diver helmet hat light nearly caused a fire inside a diving bell onboard a dive support vessel. The diving bell […]
Lifeboat falls after equipment failure
A member has reported an incident in which equipment failure allowed a lifeboat to fall free from one side of a vessel. The incident occurred during periodical function tests performed […]
Crewman injured when steel plates fell against him
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman was injured by steel plates falling whilst being placed in storage. The incident happened on a vessel when four crew […]
Identification of differential pressures subsea during diving operations
A member has reported an incident in which, during diver intervention work on a subsea pipeline, considerable suction was encountered when the diver attempted to separate a pair of flanges. […]
Near-miss: Diver loss of gas
A member has reported a near miss incident in which a diver very nearly lost his gas supply. The incident occurred when a vessel was engaged in flushing operations, and […]
Fatal diving incident
The Danish Maritime Authority Investigation Board has produced a report regarding a recent fatality which occurred during diving operations. The fatality occurred when a diver was working underwater at approximately […]
Person injured by parts ejected under pressure
The US Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) has published the following safety flash regarding the rupture of a water pressure tank bladder. […]
Failure of rescue boat release mechanism
The Marine Safety Forum has published Safety Flash 11-36 regarding the failure of a rescue boat release mechanism. During a routine launch of the rescue boat whilst at sea, the […]
Fall protection product recall
The Marine Safety Forum has published Safety Flash 11-35 regarding the recall of certain fall protection products by 3M. The products recalled are the G-Series retractable lanyards. The report can […]
Near-miss: Winch wire parted and crane block dropped
A member has reported an incident in which a crane winch wire parted and caused a crane block to fall 13m into a small boat. The incident occurred during the […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Thumb injury
A member has reported an incident in which a member of the crew sustained a lost time injury (LTI) to his thumb. The incident occurred when a vessel’s marine engineering […]
Near-miss: Dropped taut wire clump weight
A member has reported an incident in which a winch wire parted and a taut wire clump weight was dropped onto the seabed during diving operations. The incident occurred when […]
Engine room fire on offshore vessel
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Flash 11-32 regarding a fire reported in the main engine room of an offshore support vessel which was under tow at the […]
Engine room CO₂ isolating valve
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Flash 11-31 regarding a ‘routine’ inspection of a vessel’s COâ‚‚ fire fighting system. It was noticed that the engine room COâ‚‚ isolating […]
Dynamic positioning (DP) system failure
IMCA has received information from a member about an incident involving the DP system aboard one of its vessels. Because of the resulting inherent failure possibility, the company has identified […]
Fast rescue boat dropped 18m into sea – injuring crew
The Australian Transport Safety Board (ASTB) has published a report into a fast rescue boat incident on board a natural gas tanker. The incident occurred in 2010. A crew member […]
Near-miss: Diver working under suspended load
A member has reported an incident in which a diver found himself working under a suspended load. Whilst conducting diving operations around a subsea manifold, a subsea work basket weighing […]
Near-miss: Crane winch wire damaged crane cab during heavy seas
A member has reported an incident in which, owing to the sudden movement of the vessel, a crane winch wire hit the crane cab with the operator inside, causing damage […]
Near-miss: Dropped object: 6kg sledge hammer head
A member has reported an incident in which a 6kg hammer head fell 5m (metre) to an unmanned deck. Whilst using the sledge hammer to dislodge a 600Te shackle connecting […]
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