IMCA Digest - August 2023

• Lifting in the New Offshore Environment
• Piper Alpha – a reminder of the vital importance of our mission
• DP Asia 2023: Supporting the future of Dynamic Positioning

• Fatality during transfer of pipes
• Getting fall arrest equipment right
• Paper shredder – explosion
• MSF: Air Cylinder – High Pressure Discharge
• BSEE: Improper use and application of high-pressure hoses
• Caught between: unplanned movement of equipment leads to severe injuries
• LTI – Person fractured pelvis in a fall from a ladder
• Unplanned rotation of drilling machinery
• CHIRP: Crew vigilance prevents mooring incident
• MSF – two recent dropped object incidents
• High potential: dropped chain assembly
• Electrocution incident – make sure electrical equipment is safe!
• Near miss with high pressure gas due to incorrect procedures 
• MSF: person injured falling between decks
• Unexpected Descent and Ascent of Mattress Lifting Frame

No DP events published during this period.

• IMCA international code of practice for offshore diving
• Guidance on diving operations in the vicinity of pipelines
• Requirements for IMCA-approved ROV introductory training courses
• Guidance for the positioning of dynamically positioned (DP) jack-up vessels on and off the seabed
• Code of practice for developing and conducting DP annual trials programmes
• Subsea Power Cables
• Code of practice for the safe use of electricity under water
• Guidance on the IMCA eCMID system
• Common marine inspection document for small workboats (Marine inspection for small workboats)
• Common marine inspection document
• Guidance on travel security
• Lost bell survival
• Code of practice for the training and experience of key DP personnel

• Extension of the IMCA Diving Supervisor CPD Scheme to Trainees
• Joint Concentrated Inspection Campaign on Fire Safety
• Diver and diving supervisor certification

• 24 August 2023 - Offshore Wind Health and Safety Seminar