Safety Flashes

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 […]

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 […]