We have recently received the attached safety notice from Divex.
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Nicholas Hough
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We have recently received the attached safety notice from Divex.
We have recently received the following report. During the lifting of a 15te separator vessel at an onshore gas terminal, the crane operator noticed that damage had occurred to the […]
We have recently learned of this incident which occurred on an offshore installation. An electrician suffered superficial flash burns to his face, neck, ears and hands while operating a Merlin […]
We have recently received the attached Information Note from Interspiro.
An incident occurred onboard a member’s vessel where, as a result of flooding of the external battery pack for the through water communications, electronics in the communications unit were damaged. […]
One of our members has alerted us to a number of near misses from one of their vessels concerning the breaking up of grinding discs. The latest report states that […]
One of our members has recently experienced a very serious near-miss when the recovery of a diving bell was started accidentally and unintentionally prior to the bell door being closed […]
This domestic incident has recently been reported to us and may be of interest to all who use a microwave. The person involved in the incident decided to have a […]
A report of the UK’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) into the failure of a lifeboat winch on a cruise ship has concluded that the winch failed because the lubricating […]
A drive-off position loss was experienced by one of our members’ vessels whilst it was operating in Class 2 alongside a platform. Upon investigation, the cause of the incident was […]
We have recently learned of an incident using a multimeter whilst a technician was investigating the 440 volt supply to an ROV. When he placed the instrument test lead across […]
One of our members has brought to our attention that certain Kirby Morgan diving helmets, type KMB 601, neck dam locking collars have been subjected to pitting during oxy-arc cutting […]
We have recently received the following information from one of our members. All diving personnel should exercise extreme caution when tightening a leaking swivel ring flange. Application of additional bolt […]
We have recently learned of irregularities coming to light on a project whose scope included a small inshore diving element. On audit, the diving company was discovered to have a […]
We have recently learned of a crane whip line, on an offshore crane, parting when lifting a concrete mat weighing 4.5 tonnes from the vessel deck. The load being lifted […]
Two accidents have recently been reported during a lifting operation on a fixed installation. The first accident happened during the lifting of a 13 tonne tank. When topping the boom […]
One of our members has reported a failure of a container door on one of their vessels. The container door became unlatched during a period of moderate swell. The vessel […]
A member has reported that while extending an hydraulic arm on a tooling system using a (enerpac) hydraulic pump, rated for 10,000 psi (680 bar), the output hose burst next […]
The following incident was recently reported to us. It occurred on an offshore installation where the half inch BSP cap appears to have blown off a pressure testing manifold under […]
We have recently had reported to us this near-miss concerning an ROV support vessel and an unmanned installation. The vessel was operating under automatic control with the platform selected in […]
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