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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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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



Confined space entry fatality

What happened? A sad incident has come to IMCA’s attention in which one person lost his life and another was injured, as a result of confined space entry.  The incident […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 31/20



Confined spaces: silent and invisible killers

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has issued Marine Safety Alert 04-19 entitled Confined spaces: silent and invisible killers.  It serves as a reminder that despite decades of work to […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 14/19









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