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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0.63

Fatal Accident Rate (FAR)

0.3

Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)

1.07

Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR)

440.56

Safety Oservation Frequency Rate (SOFR)

Latest Safety Flashes

BSEE: Nitrogen Cylinder Rupture Causing Worker Injuries and Equipment Damage

The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 494 relating to a Nitrogen Cylinder rupture which caused injuries and equipment damage.

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Person fractured foot during elevator inspection
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Detergent chemical burn

Leaked detergent resulted in slight chemical burns onboard a vessel.

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Positive findings and good practices

A member highlights some examples of positive findings and good practices on board some of their vessels.

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Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) detected onboard vessel

Several persons reported to bridge about a smell of septic or rotten eggs that was present all over the vessel. Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) was suspected.

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Safety News at IMCA

IMCA Publishes Comprehensive Catalogue of National Diving Regulations
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IMCA Publishes Comprehensive Catalogue of National Diving Regulations

09 April 2025
BMP Maritime Security
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Maritime associations launch updated guidance to protect vessels and seafarers from rapidly evolving security threats

31 March 2025
Photo of a diving decompression chamber
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IMCA Publishes New Guidance on Deck Decompression Chamber Operations for the Therapeutic Treatment of Divers

13 March 2025

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