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Safety Flash |
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IMCA Safety Flash 01/11- Broken right hand index finger
- Inappropriate use of snap hooks
- Functional safety of control systems
- Serious failure of CO₂fire-fighting system
- Lifting operations - securing equipment
- Failure of home-made equipment
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Jan 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 02/11- Kirby Morgan SL 17C partially detached from neck dam
- Serious hand injury during use of deck scaler
- Service bulletin
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Feb 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 03/11- Failure of hydraulic fitting at pressure
- Crane motion reference unit (MRU) malfunctions after overheating
- Fake emergency escape breathing devices (EEBD sets)
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Apr 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 04/11- Crane boom dropped object
- Low pressure mud hose parted
- hot work conducted within the 500 metres safety zone
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Apr 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 05/11- Near miss: security of equipment
- Improper use of tools: bruising
- Lack of safety awareness: crush injury during lifting operations
- Anchor handling incident
- Diver safety – high pressure water jetting
- Failure of fall wire - fatality
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Jun 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 06/11- Person fell after safety lanyard failed
- Confined space - multiple fatality
- Confined space - multiple fatalities
- Failed chain link - catastrophic failures in mooring system
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Jul 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 07/11- Reliance on crane limits caused crane damage and dropped objects
- Galley fryer fire
- Shackles in rigging assembly below required safe working load (SWL)
- Near miss: Personnel almost caught between crane house and scaffold pipe
- Injury: Failure of subsea HP water jetting gun
- Incorrect information in user manual for fixed fire-fighting system
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Jul 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 08/11- Hand injury while using hydraulic impact wrench
- Recent near miss incidents involving potential dropped objects
- Electrician received electric shock
- Fatality after capsize of workboat with eight persons onboard
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Jul 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 09/11- Failure of fall wire - Update to safety flash 05/11
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Jul 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 10/11- Oxygen regulator explodes causing injury
- Lifeboat drill – near casualty
- Gimballed frying pan – handle assembly failure
- Serious injury as a result of a fall from height
- Fatality during rope access work
- Collision between vessel and installation resulting in damage to both
- Mooring line operational safety
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Sep 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 11/11- Failure of pressure washer
- Equipment damage - dropped ROV/Tether Management System (TMS)
- Grinding disc with defects
- Gas detector safety alert
- Collision between OSV and barge
- Oil spill in port whilst discharging waste oil
- Fire extinguisher recall - faulty equipment
- Pilot ladder failure
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Oct 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 12/11- Offshore tank container rigging failure
- Near miss: Dropped object: 6kg sledge hammer head
- Near miss: Crane winch wire damaged crane cab during heavy seas
- Near miss: Diver working under suspended load
- Fast rescue boat dropped 18m into sea - injuring crew
- Dynamic positioning (DP) system failure
- Engine room CO₂isolating valve
- Engine room fire on offshore vessel
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Nov 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 13/11- Near miss: Dropped taut wire clump weight
- LTI: Thumb injury
- Near miss: Winch wire parted and crane block dropped
- Fall protection product recall
- Failure of rescue boat release mechanism
- Person injured by parts ejected under pressure
- Fatal diving incident
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Nov 2011 |
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IMCA Safety Flash 14/11- Near miss – diver loss of gas
- Identification of differential pressures subsea during diving operations
- Crewman injured when steel plates fell against him
- Lifeboat falls after equipment failure
- Diver helmet hat light
- Failure of pallet lifters
- Near miss during anchor line recovery
- Poor condition of lifting strops
- Leak of oil-based mud from drain valve
- Biocide incident
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Dec 2011 |
