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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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

Failure of moonpool railing system caused man overboard situation in moonpool

A crew member was working in the moonpool area when they lost balance and fell in but managed to grab hold of the guidewire, preventing an uncontrolled fall into the sea.

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Diver entanglement – uncontrolled equipment in the water column

A diver hung a rubber mat with welding rods connected with a rope and carabiner to the rope suspending the welding cables resulting in a compromised work area.

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Diver entanglement – umbilical caught around an anode

A diver’s umbilical got caught around an anode attached to a conductor shaft at 18 msw.

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Unsecured sheave pin fell from crane

A sheave pin weighing 1.3 kg was found on deck.

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Heaving line snap-back causes injury
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Safety News at IMCA

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IMCA publishes updates to Assessment Procedure for Diving Contractor Membership (G012/D084)

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