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IMCA safety flashes disseminate important information on incidents and potential hazards and the lessons learnt from them that can help prevent incidents occurring elsewhere in the industry.

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High potential: sea water inlet pipe leakage in engine room

What happened Vessel crew noticed seawater ingress on a pipe very close to the inside of the hull. The leak was noticed whilst the vessel was offshore when engine crew […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 06/24


MSF: Chemical Handling – Eye Burn

What happened The Marine Safety Forum published Safety Alert 23-20 relating to someone getting an eye injury as a result of getting chemicals in their eye. The incident occurred when […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 06/24




Heavy equipment fell over during manual handling

What happened? During manual handling of a heavy control cabinet, the centre of gravity was compromised, and the cabinet fell over onto a crew member’s leg, resulting in a bruise […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 05/24

UK HSE: Crane boom collapse

What happened The UK HSE has fined an offshore drilling company after the catastrophic collapse of a crane boom. See here for the press release. The HSE reported: “Nobody was […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 05/24



BSEE: Confined space entry – tank cleaning

The United States’ Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 477 relating to working in Confined Spaces. In recent months, BSEE has observed a trend of […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 04/24


Vessel damaged in contact with platform

What happened A CTV (crew transfer vessel) collided with a fixed platform when one of the engines failed. The CTV was approaching a platform to transfer crew onto it, when […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 04/24



Failure of self-righting frame on Fast Rescue Craft (FRC)

What happened? During a routine rescue drill the self-righting frame assembly fell off the Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) into the water while the FRC was transiting at approximately 15 knots. […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 03/24

Fall Protection – Defective Safety Harness

What happened During equipment recovery operations on the back deck of a vessel, a technician felt something unexpected around the Dorsal ‘D’ ring on the back of his safety harness. […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 03/24

MSF: two dropped object incidents

Incident 1 – dropped metal wedge A pin was required to be pulled on a hinge system for the dynamic gangway system on a W2W (walk-to-work) vessel. As part of […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 03/24

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