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LTI – crew member squeezed between buoy and cargo rail
A crew member was crushed between a large buoy and a cargo rail.
IMCA SF 07/26
15 April 2026
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BSEE: Exterior Walkway separates from temporary living quarters, putting workers at risk
BSEE has published Safety Alert 513, relating to an incident involving a third-floor walkway outside temporary living quarters on an offshore platform.
IMCA SF 07/26
15 April 2026
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UK HSE: electrician seriously injured on onshore wind farm
The UK HSE has fined a wind farm management company after a worker was seriously injured.
IMCA SF 07/26
15 April 2026
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Unauthorised boarding and theft from vessel at anchor
An unknown individual boarded a vessel at anchor during night hours.
IMCA SF 07/26
15 April 2026
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Death of seafarer due to fall from crane cabin
The Directorate General of Shipping (DGS) of India published Circular 04-2025 relating to an incident in which a seafarer took a fatal fall from a crane cabin.
IMCA SF 07/26
15 April 2026
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