Nearly 10,000 regularly receive our Safety Flashes straight to their email inbox, ensuring that lessons learned can be shared with the entire sector. Search our online archive of more than 2,000 reports online, or view the latest below.

Alongside this, our Technical Library features the latest recommended safety best practice and information notes ensure that emerging safety trends can be addressed. Our Safety Promotional Materials and online courses, provide the tools for Members to confidently strengthen their own Safety cultures.

Safety Statistics

Nearly one billion ‘man hours’ of offshore activity a year is now covered by our Safety Statistics.

Contractor Members share their information which is anonymised. This allows IMCA to provide insights on safety, health, and performance, and identify emerging trends. Members can download the data which sets a baseline from which to review their own performance.

Our archive goes back to 1996, telling the improving safety story of the offshore sector.

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0.3

Fatal Accident Rate (FAR)

0.3

Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)

1.1

Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR)

489.82

Safety Oservation Frequency Rate (SOFR)

Latest Safety Flashes

SWL plate dropped from crane block

An “SWL” plate weighing 0.9kg fell from the auxiliary hook block and landed on the main deck of a newly purchased vessel.

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Unsafe Lifting practices during dry dock

An unsafe attempt was made to lift 14 empty oil drums using only a web sling, without clamps, certified frames, or proper securing.

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Handling alarms on the bridge – a DP incident

DPO accidentally pressed the adjacent "Take" button on the DP panel.

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Uncoordinated Emergency Shutdown due to pipe failure

All cargo pumps (No. 1, 2, and 3) tripped simultaneously due to Emergency Shutdown (ESD) activation.

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UK HSE: oil company fined after serious failure of elevator

The UK HSE has fined a North Sea oil and gas operator £300,000 after three crew members descended into a water filled lift shaft on a floating platform in the North Sea causing them to become partially submerged.

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Safety News at IMCA

Shipyards
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IMCA publishes updated guidance on safety in shipyards

10 September 2025
Diving CPD Mobile
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IMCA launches new Diving CPD to support global diving industry

13 August 2025
IMCA issues warning over rogue diving schools offering non-existent 'IMCA approved in-water diver training'
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IMCA issues warning over rogue diving schools offering non-existent 'IMCA approved in-water diver training'

12 June 2025

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