Safety Flashes

A member has reported an incident onboard an offshore construction vessel in which a crew member fell through an unprotected hatch on a walkway on to the deck below. The […]

The Incident During the process of docking in a floating dock, an ROV crew consisting of seven persons was working on an ROV spread inside the hangar on the port […]

Members using Sikorsky S76A+ and S76A++ helicopters are referred to the attached safety alert, originally issued via the OGP safety zone website (info.ogp.org.uk/safety) concerning engine failures resulting from faults in […]

IMCA has been alerted to the publication of the report of the Norwegian commission on the loss of the Bourbon Dolphin. The full report is available at the following web […]

A member has reported a near-miss involving two persons working at height, which was caused by a shifting in position of the vessel due to movement of the vessel crane. […]

IMCA has received the attached safety alert from the Association of Diving Contractors International. DDC Chamber View-port catastrophic failure This view-port was in a deck chamber where someone had placed […]

A member has reported the discovery of unauthorised modifications to electrical equipment used by divers. During the onshore refurbishment of two dual diver CLP (camera, light and power) surface control […]

An incident has been drawn to IMCA’s attention in which a load was being moved from deck to engine room on a vessel at sea. The crated load slipped from […]

An incident has been reported to IMCA in which an ROV pilot working on an umbilical tether was injured by a shard of fibre optic material. Work was being conducted […]

A member has reported an incident in which lift bags broke free. Two ten-ton airbags had been deflated at the seabed in preparation for being lifted onboard the vessel. During […]

A member has reported an incident onboard one of its vessel’s that has highlighted a potential safety issue for other IMCA member’s regarding the use of a particular type of […]

A member has reported an incident in which a rigging foreman sustained a serious hand injury during operations to recover two redundant 4″ diameter rigid steel pipelines of around 16km […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crew member sustained a finger injury whilst trying to cast off a towing line. The crew member was asked to cast […]

A member has reported a serious incident onboard a barge during demobilisation in port. During the demobilisation, a member of the crew undertaking ‘routine’ disconnection of cables on deck was […]

Divex has asked IMCA to recirculate the attached Divex HSE Alert, first issued in IMCA Safety Flash 02/07 (Divex HSE Alert – Valve seat retainer), in order to ensure companies […]

Divex has asked IMCA to circulate the attached Divex HSE Alert. Product safety notice 003/2007

A member has reported the failure of a high pressure (HP) gas charging hose during routine gas decanting to top up the gas banks of a mobile surface supplied diving […]

A member has reported that during a recent diving project, a subsea fitting failure caused divers to become contaminated with a hazardous substance released from a hose under pressure. Diver […]

A member has reported an incident in which a small fan heater caused a fire in a cabin. A crew member, on retiring to his bunk, switched on a portable […]

A member has reported an incident onboard a vessel in dry dock involving a number of fatalities caused by an explosion in a confined space. The explosion occurred in a […]