Safety Flashes for 2010
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Safety Flash |
Date |
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IMCA Safety Flash 01/10- Diver fouled on descending load
- Diver falls into bell maintenance pit
- Bail-out whip failures
- Fatality on the diving support vessel
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Feb 2010 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 02/10- Crewman received 440V electric shock
- Near miss: improper use of fall-arrest equipment leads to fall
- Failure of hose reel bearing housing
- Inadvertent opening of circuit breakers
- Hole burnt in vessel deck during removal of sea-fastenings
- Fatality during anchor handling operation
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Apr 2010 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 03/10- Incident during entry to diving bell
- Uncontrolled ascent - loss of lift bag to surface
- Gangway failure
- Missing dangerous goods declaration
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May 2010 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 04/10- Person injured by mooring lines
- Falling object
- Serious shortcomings with hydrostatic release units
- Failure of life rafts during servicing
- CO2 systems safety pins
- Failure of fixed high expansion foam
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Jul 2010 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 05/10- Near miss: burnt out electrical socket
- Water ingress to bow thruster space
- Diver injury during air cylinder recharging
- Near miss: crane wire grease and headache ball
- Oxy-arc umbilical handling winch - fire on deck
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Jul 2010 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 06/10- Third degree burn sustained during rope access hot work
- LTI – severed tendon
- Minor chest burns suffered by rope access technician
- Near miss: safety device (hard link) damaged during hot work
- Tug capsized during operations
- Load dropped owing to incorrect manufacture of “flemish eye” crane pennant
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Sep 2010 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 07/10- Near miss: falling object
- Crewman fatally injured during mooring operations
- 3. Precautions against jellyfish sting during diving operations
- Fatality - fall from height
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Nov 2010 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 08/10- Welding of shackles
- Lacerated chin caused by flying wedge
- Failure to calibrate MRU led to near miss
- Diver safety - nitrox generator use
- Right hand hit by flying wedge
- Subsea oxy-arc cutting - risk of explosion
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Dec 2010 |
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