Safety Flashes

A member has reported the failure of a bell bottom door hydraulic operating system. The failure occurred while carrying out standard bell recovery operations using the port dive bell on […]

A member has reported an incident in which there was a small fire inside the drum of a tumble dryer on a vessel offshore. A burning smell was detected on […]

IMCA has received information about a hand injury caused by leaking pressurised hydraulic fluid on a drilling rig. A person was searching for the source of a small hydraulic leak. […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crane winch wire was lost during light subsea lifting work. The winch wire and the load dropped on to the seabed […]

A member has reported an incident in which there was an unexpected lowering of a suspended load during a lifting operation which had the potential to cause significant injury. During […]

IMCA has been made aware of a number of examples of fall protection equipment failing owing to poor or sub-standard equipment: Safety Alert 09-17 – Near Miss – New Fall […]

The Helicopter Task Group has published the attached briefing concerning Sikorsky S-92 helicopters.

A member has reported an incident in which a person suffered a broken leg during gangway deployment. Prior to arrival at the quayside, a vessel’s double sectioned gangway (see Figure […]

A member has reported an incident where a trapped diver umbilical resulted in his death. During the surface supplied diver operation, the diver was deployed to the bottom (56m) to […]

We have received two safety alerts – from CHC Helicopter and the European Organisation for Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) – concerning a recent incident involving a Skysail, an experimental […]

The Marine Safety Forum has published the attached safety flash (09/30)concerning a crew member injured whilst stepping from one vessel to another when no gangway was available.

A member has reported an incident in which there was a failure of the breathing system in a diving bell. During diving operations at a storage depth of 102 metres, […]

An incident has been brought to IMCA’s attention where premixed cylinders or quads of nitrox gas may not have had the necessary oxygen content to sustain safe diving and the […]

A member has reported an incident in which a lift bag was released to surface upon parting of the rigging attachment point straps. The lift bag was of the open […]

A member has reported an incident in which an object was dropped whilst being lowered to divers on the seabed. The vessel was working in waters over 100m depth when […]

A member has reported an incident in which a pillar valve from an emergency gas cylinder separated from the bottle while under pressure, rapidly releasing 50 cu ft of air […]

A member has reported an incident in which workers were struck by a falling crane stop/striker plate, causing injuries. Two third-party contractors were carrying out non-destructive testing (NDT), lubrication and […]

A member has reported an incident in which there was an uncontrolled movement of an A-frame mechanism. The uncontrolled movement of the A-frame luffing function occurred whilst personnel were working […]

Following a refit, sea trials were being conducted on a member’s vessel in preparation for a return to operations. Defects were discovered on the davit tilt arms on both the […]

A member has reported a high potential near miss incident which occurred during the back loading of a crane boom section from an offshore installation. Although no injuries were sustained […]