Safety Flashes

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 […]

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 […]