Safety Flashes

During an owner’s annual inspection, serious corrosion attacks were found in integrated aluminium fresh water tanks, which required extensive repair. Brackets and stiffeners were found partly corroded through, as shown […]

We have been notified of the following incident in the drilling sector. An assistant driller and others were trying to lift the balancing frame to ‘guide line’ with the aid […]

Members should be aware of the following ‘Stop Use & Recall Notice’ issued by Mine Safety Appliances Company (MSA). The full list of products involved is available on request from […]

A member has reported that one of its vessels was trenching, during which time the ship was told to hold present speed with the tow wire payed in at the […]

We have been passed the following safety alert issued by the US Minerals Management Service. Recently, while two roustabouts were positioning a stand of pipe into a pipe rack finger […]

A member has reported that two Ikaros man-overboard light and smoke markers, manufactured by Hansson Pyrotech, were returned from one of its ships to its shore-based workshops. The units had […]

We have been passed the following, regarding an incident which resulted in cargo loss. While making a lift from a boat to the platform, the operator picked up a cargo […]

A member reports that while a diver was working on a grit-blasting operation, the grit hose parted from the coupling connection on deck. No one was injured and nothing was […]

We have been notified of the following incident, which occurred while a catalyst change-out was being undertaken. The job was shut down for lunch, a nitrogen purge was on, the […]

The following fatality, which occurred during a routine maintenance task on an elevator lift installed on a rig, has been reported to IMCA. The task being undertaken was to change […]

A member has reported the following incident which occurred onboard one of its vessels. Due to a sudden power fluctuation, evidenced by flickering lights, the chief engineer went to the […]

In October 1995, IMCA published guidance R 1/95 (now referred to as IMCA R 001 – Plastic spherical air-filled fishing buoys) referring to plastic spherical buoys, sometimes know as ‘Grimsby’ […]

We have been passed a recall notice, copied below, put out by Laerdal Medical Ltd regarding its Heartstart 3000 and 3000QR defibrillators.

We have been passed information on the following incident. A 2″ diameter pipeline dewatering hose had been deployed to the seabed, supported at 20 m intervals by cable socks (Chinese […]

A member has reported the following incident. A cargo barge loaded with 525 tons was moored to a pipelay barge, when one of the bollards on the cargo barge broke […]

A member has informed us of a serious incident that occurred when a person was injured while checking the service date on one of the man-overboard and buoy smoke marker […]

A member has reported this recent incident, concerning negative pressure when breaking containment in subsea pipework. During diving operations on a subsea manifold in 140 msw, work was being undertaken […]

A member has reported finding the ‘job-made’ lifting hook shown below, rough cut from half inch steel plate, during a routine safety check at a vendor’s shipyard. The lifting hook […]

Attached please find a caution notice recently received from Divex concerning the above.

A sodium floodlight is reported to have fallen from a crane boom. On investigation, the floodlight mounting bracket was found to be cracked and the pad eye weakened and this […]