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Safety Flashes
IMCA safety flashes disseminate important information on incidents and potential hazards and the lessons learnt from them that can help prevent incidents occurring elsewhere in the industry.
Individual safety events are available individually online, tagged and searchable, while the traditional PDF collections are also available for download.
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Safety Events
Failure of moorings during heavy weather
The Marshall Islands registry has published a casualty investigation report into an incident where the drill ship Valaris DS-4 lost its moorings in heavy weather while being prepared for lay-up. […]
MAIB: mv Teal Bay mooring fatality
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published Report 9/2022 relating to a mooring deck fatality on board a cargo vessel in August 2021. Of interest in that this may […]
Near miss: oily rag activated smoke sensor in vessel laundry area
What happened A fire alarm was activated from the laundry room. On duty personnel were sent to investigate and discovered smoke was coming from one of the clothes dryers in […]
Live sub-surface power cable inadvertently cut
What happened A high potential near miss occurred during onshore preparations for a pipeline installation when an excavator cut into an energised power cable. Trenching activities for the onshore pipeline […]
Failure to plan properly: electrician sustains serious burns (UK HSE)
Following a UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution, a retail company was fined £1,000,000 after an electrician suffered serious burns to 15 per cent of his body when he […]
BSEE: Poor preparation prior to hot work leads to fires
The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert #447 relating to incidents in which fires were caused following hot work. What happened Recently, several […]
Hydraulic Oil Leak to Sea from Downline Fitting
What happened During decommissioning, cutting work was being conducted using a diamond wire saw. A third-party supplier’s technician noticed a sudden drop in pressure, and it was discovered that 100 […]
Focus on third-party dropped objects
What happened A member reports a significant increase in the number of dropped objects at third-party premises. The dropped object incidents have included many high potential near miss dropped objects […]
Unsafe transportation and packing arrangements
What happened One of our members has recently experienced two near miss incidents, resulting from the inadequate packing of goods during transportation with the potential for more significant consequences and […]
Damage to chain hoist subsea
What happened Whilst divers were lowering a large clamp for installation, the chain block used to centralise the clamp on the horizontal member became trapped in the hinge point on […]
BSEE: Stored Energy in Slings Causes Multiple Injuries
The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert #445 relating to multiple injuries caused by stored energy in slings. What happened The BSEE writes: […]
Failure of slings during loading operations
What happened Personnel were loading out heavy plant at a land-based location when there was an incident involving failure of slings. A crew were lifting a large tank with a […]
Serious injury during mooring operations: rope parted
What happened The Marine Safety Investigation Unit of Transport Malta has published Safety Investigation Report 10/21 into a serious injury which occurred during the mooring of a chemical tanker of […]
LTI: person struck by uncontrolled swing in chain
What happened An anchor chain swung unexpectedly across the deck and hit a crew member, causing an injury to his foot resulting in an LTRI. Anchors were being pulled over […]
LTI: fractured finger during anchor handling
What happened? A crew member suffered a serious finger injury when he got his finger trapped. The incident occurred when a vessel had been installing mooring elements, suction anchors and […]
Cook’s arm scalded while removing food from oven
What happened At a meal time the chief cook opened the upper part of a combined oven to remove a tray of rice that was being kept heated. The tray […]
BSEE: Unsecured Pressurized Hoses Result in Hand Injuries
What happened The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement BSEE) has published Safety Alert No. 442 relating to hand injuries caused by handling unsecured pressurised hoses during coil […]
Diver Finger Injury – Scrubber Blower Fan
What happened A diver suffered a minor hand injury when he put his hand on part of a fan which should not have been exposed. The incident occurred on a […]
MAIB: Capsize and sinking of fishing vessel Joanna C – vessel stability
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published Accident Investigation Report 7/2022 into the capsize and sinking with loss of life, of the fishing vessel Joanna C. What happened […]
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