What happened? A set of heavy chain links, or ‘Brothers’ used in lifting, fell from a turbine tower onto the front deck of a Crew Transfer Vehicle (CTV) below. The […]
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Safety Events
High potential dropped objects from wind turbine Nacelle crane
What happened? Two lifting bags detached and fell from the crane hook on a wind turbine tower. The incident occurred during lowering operations at the end of an annual service […]
Welder at work injured during close SIMOPS
What happened? A welder was hit and slightly injured by a lashing wire during lashing operations being conducted close by. Whilst all the deck crew were lashing reels, a welder […]
Raising awareness on safety barriers such as railings and gratings
What happened? The Transport Safety Investigation Bureau (TSIB) of Singapore has released Safety Flyer 2019/02 entitled The importance of ensuring proper inspection and maintenance regime. It is intended raise awareness […]
Man overboard – fall from pilot ladder
What happened? During boarding a vessel via pilot ladder from a service boat, an IT service technician lost his footing and fell from the second step of pilot ladder into […]
Petzl Pixa lights as potential dropped objects
A member has noted that certain headlamps supplied for use with certain helmets, as used extensively for working at height in the offshore renewables sector, could come loose and fall. […]
Fatal fall from height on-board Seatruck Pace in Liverpool in December 2018
What happened? The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published accident Investigation Report 9/19 into a fatal fall from height. A crewman from the Cypriot registered ro-ro freight vessel […]
LTI – fall from height
A service engineer fell off a radar antenna and was seriously injured. The incident happened after two service engineers from a subcontracted company were on a vessel for the day […]
High potential near miss: dropped object (flood lamp)
What happened? Yard personnel found a flood lamp broken on the ground. It was found to have fallen from a VLS tower that had been in long-term storage for a […]
BSEE: worker injured in fall from height into water
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 343 in which a worker fell 24m into the water. What Happened? The worker was replacing a control […]
Dropped object: first aid injury during ROV maintenance
What happened? A tooling tray guide arm fell from an ROV skid rail slot and hit an ROV technician’s torso. He was beneath the ROV disconnecting the securing pin. Two […]
Dropped object: Window fell from crane cabin
What happened A window came loose from the crane operator’s cabin on a DSV, and fell approximately 4m to deck. No one was injured. It happened when, during a pause […]
Near miss – grating dislodged and fell, leading to crewman slipping
What happened? During flow-line installation work on an oil platform, a section of plastic grating became dislodged as a crewman stepped on it. The incident occurred when crew were making […]
Lost time injury (LTI): loose grating fell from crane, a man fell through and was injured
What happened? A crane operator stepped on a loose piece of grating on the crane walkway. The grating fell 18m to deck below, damaging some stairs. The crane operator fell […]
Worker crushed by dropped/falling object
What happened? A load from the top of a double-decked trailer fell onto a worker, causing life-changing injuries. His employer was prosecuted by the UK HSE and fined. See press […]
Dropped object near miss – hammer dropped from scaffolding
What happened? A hammer weighing 1.1kg was inadvertently dropped from height and fell over 12m to the deck. Third party scaffolders were erecting scaffolding along the funnel of a vessel. […]
Fall from height during yard visit
What happened A yard worker fell 4m from the main deck to a mezzanine deck. The injured worker suffered a compression fracture in his right ankle. During a yard visit, […]
Fall from height – LTI
What happened? On a vessel that was alongside, crew were engaged in offloading equipment from below-decks through a series of hatches, when their supervisor lost his footing and fell through […]
Fatal fall aboard tanker Marinor
The Accident Investigation Branch of Norway (AIBN) has published incident 17-04 on the fatal fall of a seafarer on board a Norwegian registered tanker. Whilst the vessel was at sea […]
Two falls – one from a telehandler in a shipyard – failure to think through risks
The UK Health and Safety Executive (UK HSE) has published two recent news alerts covering prosecutions of companies responsible for someone falling from height. Incident 1 Two companies were fined […]
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