What happened During the over-boarding of a spool, a lift bag while being inflated, ascended through the engineered rigging arrangement and was caught by the contingency rigging. The diver had […]
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Safety Events
Finger crushed under Tether Management System (TMS) protection guard
What happened A worker suffered a crushed finger when the protection guard of a Saab Seaeye TMS8 Tether Management System fell on their finger. The worker was closing and securing […]
Sudden and uncontrollable move of A&R head
What happened? At the end of offshore pipeline installation operations, a vessel was preparing for pipeline abandonment. The pipe end clamp was in the Hand-off Module (HOM) and had been […]
Compressor fire
What happened? There was a fire in a 25bar high flow diesel driven screw compressor installed on the back deck. The incident occurred on a diving support vessel operating within […]
Near miss: Foreign body in diver’s helmet, resulting in fall of gas pressure
What happened? During a routine dive at a depth of 18m (60’), the diver reported to the Dive Supervisor a drop in breathing gas pressure. The diver switched to bailout […]
Battery explosion during routine maintenance
What happened A chief engineer suffered minor injuries in a battery explosion when disconnecting a cable from the battery. The incident occurred onboard a harbour tug. The chief engineer was […]
Poor control of work in dry dock
What happened A member reports several cases of hot work and other activities being conducted by contractors on a vessel hull during dry dock/maintenance activities, in which the work was […]
Ineffective Crane Stinger Hook Pin Installation (BSEE)
What happened The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Report 452 relating to a high-potential dropped object incident on a Gulf of Mexico energy […]
LTI: person crushed in watertight door
What happened An electrician was crushed and severely injured while working on a watertight door on a vessel. He was evacuated by helicopter. The incident happened when the door opened […]
LTI: finger crushed while moving mobile gantry crane
What happened A crew member suffered a crushed index finger during manual handling of heavy equipment. The bosun, the deck supervisor and two others were working on disassembling the mobile […]
LTI: crew member crushed finger when opening fire flap
What happened A crew member injured his finger while opening an emergency fire flap. The incident occurred after an annual test of the deluge system during which the emergency fire […]
High potential incident: person struck by Yokohama fender
What happened During the lifting of a Yokohama fender onboard a vessel in harbour, a person placed himself in the line of fire between the fender and bumper bars protecting […]
LTI: Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning during Oxy-Acetylene brazing
What happened A crew member suffered from Carbon Monoxide (CO) poisoning during oxy-acetylene brazing. The incident occurred when the crew member was involved in the repair of a broken valve, […]
Electrolytic corrosion: failure of fire hose couplings
What happened During routine pressure/leak testing, a fire hose fitting failed at the neck of the stub inserted into the hose. As part of annual testing of the fire hydrant […]
Air hose connection failure
What happened An air supply hose on an air-driven tugger winch snapped out under pressure from the cam lock adapter. A main deck air-driven tugger winch supplied through a 5cm […]
Dropped objects in dry dock
A member reports two dropped object incidents during a vessel dry-dock, both with serious injury potential. Incident 1: What happened? During a thruster overhaul, the hold-back rigging for the steering […]
Uncertified lifting gear found in use
What happened A number of shackles and other lifting equipment were observed in use onboard a vessel with no certification or inspection reports available. Some equipment was colour coded by […]
High potential near miss: Uncontrollable movement of auxiliary whip line
What happened When starting up, a vessel main crane started behaving in an uncontrollable and potentially hazardous way. The block and hook were hoisted up to the sheave, when the […]
Single point failure resulting in a dropped object
What happened A small part weighing 0.3kg fell 20 meters from an OMC-160 wind speed and direction sensor installed on a vessel’s main mast. Two wind speed and direction sensors […]
Small fire following hot work
What happened On a member’s vessel alongside, a small fire started following hot work conducted by the client’s welding sub-contractors. The incident occurred during the welding of jumper stands on […]
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