Safety Flashes

Members’ attention is drawn to the attached announcement from the United States Coast Guard regarding possible radio frequency interference with vessel communications equipment which may arise from the use of […]

During a recent mobilisation on a member’s vessel, sub-contractors were burning and welding sea fastenings on the main deck. Following a report that flames were coming from the contractors’ acetylene […]

A member has reported that a diver has sustained a serious Sodasorb burn to his wrist. After investigation by the member, the following was found: The spare bell scrubber basket […]

A member has reported an incident in which a person was injured in a fall from a different level. A saturation diver used the transfer under pressure (TUP) access hatch […]

Members’ attention is drawn to the attached announcement from Oil & Gas UK regarding recent developments with personal locator beacons (PLBs) for passengers in helicopters, which states that it has […]

A member has reported an incident in which a clump weight was inadvertently dropped to the seabed. The incident occurred during diving operations when operating a deck mounted tool deployment […]

Members’ attention is drawn to the following safety flash (No. 280) from the US Department of the Interior MMS (Minerals Management Service for the Gulf Coast Offshore continental shelf), regarding […]

Members’ attention is drawn to the attached document (09/12) from the Marine Safety Forum regarding the failure of a lifeboat D-ring.

A member has reported an incident in which an employee sustained an electrical shock whilst re-routing a work class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) tether. The ROV and tether management system […]

IMCA has learnt of a fatal incident in which a person was electrocuted. A rig sub-contractor suffered fatal injuries from electrical shock whilst performing a welding operation. A lamp used […]

A member has reported an incident in which a nipple failed on a bolt tensioning jack. A diver was carrying out bolt tensioning on a 24″ pipeline being connected to […]

A member has reported an incident in which a fatality occurred during lifting operations. The incident occurred on a drillship while attempting to land a christmas tree (XT), using one […]

The UK Air Accidents Investigations Branch (AAIB) has issued its initial report into the recent Super Puma helicopter accident. Although this report relates to a North Sea incident, the relevant […]

Further to recent helicopter accidents in the UK Offshore Sector, the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has stopped the use of passengers’ personal locator beacons (PLBs) when on helicopter flights […]

A member has reported an incident in which there was a fire in the moonpool of a vertical lay system (VLS). A vessel had been involved with the recovery of […]

Members’ attention is drawn to the attached document from the UK P&I Club which is of interest regarding potential accidents that can arise from mooring operations.

A worker was injured after falling over a bundle of hose and electrical cables which he had to walk over in order to reach his working area. As he stepped […]

An ROV pilot technician suffered burns to his hands, face and knee as a result of a fire in a confined space. The pilot technician entered the hub of a […]

Members are alerted to the attached safety flash from Lawson Engineers Ltd, manufacturers of launch and recovery systems, covering a recent failure of bolts in a 3000m launch and recovery […]

Attached is the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) note ‘Flyer to the shipping industry’ entitled ‘Hazardous incident Norma – 21 June 2008’. This incident was reported in the UK […]