Safety Flashes

We have recently received the attached safety alert from Grampian Test & Certification Ltd. regarding potential problems in the manufacture of their slings.

A member has reported a recent incident on board an anchor handling vessel which resulted in a serious injury to one of the deck crew. The cause of the injury […]

Work was being undertaken servicing an engine. Immediately prior to the accident the first cylinder head had been removed using the equipment and procedures normally used for this task. The […]

We have received a report of a fatality whilst using a fire extinguisher. A worker was using a fire extinguisher to put out a small fire when the extinguisher suddenly […]

We have learned of a fatality when a worker fell from a full body harness boatswain’s chair when ascending on a hoisting system. The initial information from the investigation team […]

A member has reported on an incident which occurred when a mini transponder/beacon exploded, injuring an employee in the face. The injury was caused by the end piece of the […]

Below is copied an information bulletin received from Divex. Change to Product Bulletin 2 of 2000: 3 Aug , 2000 (Revision of Bulletin 1 of 1999) Subject: Material change to […]

While lowering a ladder using a cherry picker crane to a diver, the wire came off the drum and dropped uncontrolled to the seabed. The diver was well clear of […]

We have recently learnt of a near miss where an ROV supervisor used an elasticated shock cord (bungee cord) to secure a television monitor in place. The cord was terminated […]

We have recently learnt of a tragic incident involving confined space entry. The two individuals were assigned to de-ballast 12″ of water from a tank on a cargo barge. This […]

Attached is a safety alert issued by the Department of Minerals and Energy, Western Australia, concerning an explosion which occurred during heliox transfer using a Williams & James compressor.

Approximately one hour into the gas transfer operation from a quad (48 pack) of 20% oxygen / 80% helium to storage tubes via a large (D1247) Williams & James compressor […]

The attached memo from Halliburton sets out the findings to date and the interim actions recommended following an incident in May 2000.

We have recently received the attached safety alert from the Department of Minerals and Energy, Western Australia.

One of our members has alerted us to an incident that occurred due to incorrect attachment of a personnel basket to a crane hook. Four people were being transferred from […]

We have recently received the attached safety alert issued by Air Products regarding Sherwood valves.

A client has recently alerted us to a couple of incidents involving winching equipment on board vessels. In the first incident a member of the vessel crew stood on a […]

We have been alerted to a major incident that occurred during a routine personnel transfer between an FPSO and its support vessel resulting in five persons being injured. A fast […]

During a lifting operation on board one of our members’ ships, when an 82.5 te riser anchor was to be installed on the seabed, the main crane wire parted after […]

A member has reported a serious incident involving welding/burning gas cylinders. The cylinders, two oxygen and two acetylene had been transported on a vessel inside a container. They were neither […]