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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
MSF: Dropped object during cargo discharge operations
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 21-14 relating to a dropped object during cargo discharge operations. What happened A cargo ship loaded with cargo for the renewables […]
Shackle failure during over-boarding of pennant wire and ballast chain
What happened During over-boarding of the pennant wire and ballast chain from the main anchor handling winch over the stern roller, there was a failure in the chain link / […]
Failure of COBRA contents pressure gauge
What happened Whilst at the COBRA charging station in the bell hangar during project mobilisation, a diver was venting a COBRA unit, prior to charging. The diver opened the valve […]
Failure of first stage regulator low pressure (LP) blanking cap
What happened During a dive, a leak was noted coming from the first stage of diver #2’s regulator on the bail out bottle. Further inspection identified that the low-pressure port […]
Hand pinched between cable and cable roller frame
What happened A person got their hand trapped between the cable and an upright steel frame post of the roller table, leading to a hand injury. After completion of testing […]
MSF: Eye Injury Whilst Opening Paint Tin Lid
What happened The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 21-15 relating to someone injuring their eye whilst attempting to open a tin of paint. The incident took place […]
De-Rusting Incident Resulting In Eye Injury
What happened During descaling operations using a chipping hammer, a worker got dust or rust in his eye, although he was wearing goggles and a mask at the time. The […]
UK HSE: Lubrication of circuit breakers – safety notice
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a Safety Notice regarding the lubrication of circuit breakers in both HV and LV equipment. The key issues covered are the […]
USCG: Corrosion causing structural failure on accommodation ladders
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has published Safety Alert 05-21 relating to corroded turntable pins on accommodation ladders. What happened The USCG reported that “a recent marine casualty resulting […]
Defective embarkation ladder quarantined – a reminder
What happened During routine inspection of the port side embarkation ladder on a vessel operating in a tropical environment, it was observed that the embarkation ladder rope has become very […]
Unexpected movement of conductor during diver dredging operations
What happened Divers were conducting dredging operations in preparation for an external cut of a conductor (E5 in the diagram below) using a diamond wire saw. Due to seabed conditions, […]
NTSB: The sinking of the El Faro – an illustrated digest
What happened The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States (NTSB) has published an illustrated digest of its own Marine Accident Report NTSB/MAR-17/01 into the loss of the cargo […]
Shortened lanyard on MOB beacon
What happened? The practice of shortening the lanyards on MOB beacons was discovered by someone visiting a vessel. This was accordingly communicated to the Chief mate to be fixed. If […]
Unsafe personnel transfer – man overboard
What happened After completing a standard diving activity for underwater hull cleaning on a pilot boat, the diver used the quayside fender to embark from the jetty to the pilot […]
Line of fire near miss – almost a head injury
During cable trans-spooling operations, someone almost suffered a very serious head injury. What happened? Whilst a messenger rope (a mooring line) was being pulled across from a cable vessel to […]
Rope under tension parted on deck
What happened A wire rope parted under tension and struck someone’s helmet. There was no injury. The incident occurred during preparation for a shore-side pull of an export cable; the […]
Portable electrical equipment – serious fire in the accommodation
What happened? A member reports a serious fire in the accommodation on a vessel at anchor. There was no injury nor loss of life, but there was significant and costly […]
NTSB: collision leading to loss of life and damage
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States (NTSB) has published Marine Accident Brief 21/16 relating to a collision on the Mississippi river in January 2020. The collision led […]
LTI: three fingers badly cut while handling a long brass bar
What happened? A crewman on a vessel suffered laceration on three fingers of the left hand while attempting to remove brass bar from the storage rack. The injury caused an […]
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