A member has reported an incident in which a crewman suffered fatal injuries after being hit by a snapping chain and mooring rope connection. The incident occurred during mooring 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.
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: falling object
A member has reported an incident in which a falling object hit and destroyed someone’s hard hat. Two third-party ironworkers were setting the upper section of a structural steel tower. […]
Load dropped owing to incorrect manufacture of “flemish eye” crane pennant
The UK Health & Safety Executive (UK HSE) has published the attached safety flash regarding the dropping of a 9.5 tonne load on an offshore installation as a result of […]
Tug capsized during operations
A member reports an incident in which a tug girted and capsized during towing operations. A third-party contractor’s tug was acting as a stern tug for a heavily laden barge […]
Near-miss: safety device (hard link) damaged during hot work
A member has reported an incident in which a rope access technician (RAT) damaged his safety equipment during hot work. The technician was gouging out the weld connection around 8 […]
Minor chest burns suffered by rope access technician
A member has reported an incident in which a rope access technician suffered minor spot burns on the chest during cutting operations. A 24 inch pipe approximately 4 metres above […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Severed tendon
A member reports an incident in which a person suffered a severed tendon, resulting in several months off work. An electrical cable with a thick rubber sheath was being prepared […]
Third degree burn sustained during rope access hot work
A member has reported an incident in which a rope access technician (RAT) suffered third-degree burns whilst engaged in hot work. The injured person was engaged in rope accessed structural […]
Oxy-arc umbilical handling winch – fire on deck
A member has reported an incident where the triple drum umbilical handling winch for subsea oxy-arc cutting equipment caught fire. The on deck fire alarm was raised 21 minutes after […]
Near-miss: crane wire grease and headache ball
A member has reported an incident in which a crane load fell 1-2 metres as a result of a riding turn. During a project mobilisation in the hours of darkness, […]
Diver injury during air cylinder recharging
A member has reported a blown-out pillar valve resulting in injury to a diver working on deck. The diver had been assigned to recharge a number of bale-out cylinders using […]
Water ingress to bow thruster space
A member has reported an incident in which flooding occurred in the bow thruster space of a vessel, resulting in damage to the bow thruster. The vessel’s crew were emptying […]
Near-miss: burnt out electrical socket
A member has reported an incident in which an electrical socket caught fire. A member of the vessel crew was woken from sleep in his cabin by a popping sound. […]
Failure of fixed high expansion foam
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published the enclosed safety flash regarding the failure of a fixed high expansion foam system to extinguish a fire on board a […]
CO₂ systems safety pins
The UK Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the enclosed safety flash concerning the safety pins used for transporting and disabling COâ‚‚ cylinders.
Failure of life rafts during servicing
A member has reported an incident in which four life rafts sent ashore for annual servicing had to be condemned and replaced. The rafts had been serviced by a sub-contractor […]
Serious shortcomings with hydrostatic release units
The Swedish Transport Agency’s Maritime Department has identified shortcomings in a certain make of hydrostatic release unit. Members can find further information about these shortcomings by following this link: transportstyrelsen.se/en/Shipping/Accidents–Near-Misses/Safety-alert1/
High potential dropped object near-miss: antenna fell to deck
A member has reported an incident in which a large piece of equipment fell over 20 metres to the deck. A top section of an antenna, approximately 4m in length […]
Person injured by mooring lines
A member has reported an incident in which a person was hit by a wire of a warping winch, causing bruises to both legs. On the port side of a […]
Missing dangerous goods declaration
The UK Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the enclosed safety flash concerning vessels which have received dangerous goods without appropriate notification and paperwork.
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