The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted an engineering company after an employee sustained life-changing injuries whilst welding an industrial steel fabrication. Press release here. What happened A […]
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Safety Events
UK HSE: Employee in shipyard killed by falling steel post
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a shipbuilding and repair company after an employee was fatally injured when struck by a 10m steel post. See press release […]
Watch your hands!! person injured while using an angle grinder
What happened A member of the crew was badly injured whilst cutting a piece of wood using an angle grinder fitted with a cutting blade. He was cutting dunnage for […]
Dropped object: dislodged flex-joint laydown tool component
What happened? During removal of the anti-rotation/laydown tool from a Flex-Joint, a load-ring half plate, weighing 85kg, was inadvertently dislodged and dropped about 1.8m to deck. Crew on a J-Lay […]
MOB: person fell into water during gangway installation
What happened Deck crew were installing a portable gangway when a crew person fell into the water. The person was wearing full PPE and a life jacket and was recovered […]
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 […]
Shackle failure during over-boarding of pennant wire and ballast chain
What happened During over-boarding of the pennant wire and ballast chain from the main anchor handling winch over the stern roller, there was a failure in the chain link / […]
Hand pinched between cable and cable roller frame
What happened A person got their hand trapped between the cable and an upright steel frame post of the roller table, leading to a hand injury. After completion of testing […]
Unsafe personnel transfer – man overboard
What happened After completing a standard diving activity for underwater hull cleaning on a pilot boat, the diver used the quayside fender to embark from the jetty to the pilot […]
Line of fire near miss – almost a head injury
During cable trans-spooling operations, someone almost suffered a very serious head injury. What happened? Whilst a messenger rope (a mooring line) was being pulled across from a cable vessel to […]
Rope under tension parted on deck
What happened A wire rope parted under tension and struck someone’s helmet. There was no injury. The incident occurred during preparation for a shore-side pull of an export cable; the […]
LTI: three fingers badly cut while handling a long brass bar
What happened? A crewman on a vessel suffered laceration on three fingers of the left hand while attempting to remove brass bar from the storage rack. The injury caused an […]
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 […]
UK HSE: employee scalped when hair trapped in a pillar drill
What happened The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined a company after an employee received scalping injuries when her hair became entangled in a pillar drill. Press release […]
MSF: Hand Injury Sustained During Routine Checks
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 21-13 relating to a hand injury sustained during routine activities. What happened? During routine weekly checks, someone was performing tests for […]
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 […]
UK HSE: Employee fatally injured while moving heavy equipment
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined a company an employee was fatally injured while moving heavy machinery. Press release here. What happened Workers were moving a large […]
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. […]
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