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 […]
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Safety Events
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 […]
Connection failure during lifting operation
What happened? On a windfarm installation vessel, there was a connection failure during operations. During lowering and rotating of the Vibro Lifting Tool (VLT) into the skidding frame for the […]
Oil leakage from vessel crane onto quayside
What happened A hydraulic pipe burst causing an oil leak. The incident occurred when a vessel was alongside retrieving anchor handling chains from chain lockers to the main deck. This […]
BSEE: Unsafe crane working practices result in injury
The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert #446 relating to an injury caused by unsafe crane working practices. What happened A lead mechanic […]
Accidental release of free-fall lifeboat
What happened The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has published safety investigation report M20P0353 relating to the accidental release of a free-fall lifeboat from a bulk carrier. The incident […]
Riggers injured while disconnecting rigging
What happened Three riggers were injured whilst removing rigging from a load of timber pads after they had been backloaded from the vessel to a cargo barge. The barge and […]
Three bolts sheared on a lifting trunnion
What happened After successful installation of a offshore renewables Transition Piece (TP), crew accessed the TP and discovered that the cover plate of the lifting trunnion had fallen off and […]
MSF: Dropped object during cargo discharge operations
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 21-14 relating to a dropped object during cargo discharge operations. What happened A cargo ship loaded with cargo for the renewables […]
Snagged load, a sling snaps, dropped objects: persons injured
The Britannia P&I Club has shared Incident Case Study No.9 relating to how two crew members on a general cargo ship were injured when a suspended load fell and struck […]
MAIB: Crush fatality during lifting operations
The UK MAIB (Marine Accident Investigation Branch) has published Report 12/2021 into a fatal crush accident which occurred while a gantry crane was moving a hatch cover, on board the […]
Serious incident: topsides started swinging during lifting
What happened During lifting operations, a topsides connected to pre-tensioned rigging became unstable and prematurely lifted off its substructure. Two rope access technicians were on the substructure at the time […]
LTI: person injured when hook parted during lifting operations
What happened Two crew were stood under a 3m depth skid of a cable installation plough calibrating it when part of the rigging holding the plough parted causing it to […]
Failed lifting equipment: fatality during pipe erection activities
A member passes us information relating to a non-IMCA fatality at an oil refinery. Lifting equipment failed and a wire rope hit a crew member, causing injuries which proved fatal. […]
NOPSEMA: person injured in chain hoist incident
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) of Australia has published Safety Alert #73 relating to an incident on an offshore facility where members of the workforce […]
Lifting complex loads – offloading third party equipment
What happened? As it was being lifted off a vessel, a cherry picker (a movable hydraulic crane with a railed platform used to raise or lower personnel) tipped over, causing […]
LTI – ankle injury caused during lifting operations
What happened During slewing of the crane during a jacket lifting operation the jacket started rotating. The rigging crew used a steering line in an attempt to stop the jacket […]
HSE: Catastrophic failure of marine loading arm
What happened The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a safety alert on the catastrophic failure of a marine loading arm. Marine loading arms (MLAs) are used to […]
MSF: Potential dropped object
The Marine Safety Forum has published Safety Alert 21-08 relating to a potential dropped object which was found during lifting operations between a vessel and a platform. What Happened A […]
Dropped object during lifting operations
What happened A part weighing 8.5kg fell over 15m from a pipelay tower to deck. The incident occurred when tensioner pads were being changed out on a Tiltable Lay System […]
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