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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.

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Poor condition of on-board equipment

What happened? During ‘safety walk arounds’ on one of our members’ vessels, certain equipment was seen to be in poor condition.  In the first case, a fire blanket in the […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 03/20


Uncontrolled release of walk to work gangway

What happened? A walk-to-work (W2W) gangway system broke loose from its connection point.  The incident occurred during transfer of four persons to an offshore wind installation.  The first person got […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 07/19

LTI: engineer injured following engine room slip/trip

What happened? An engineer was injured when he stepped on a loose deck plate.  The incident occurred during a dry dock, when an engineer was walking in the engine room […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 03/19

Two dropped object near misses

Incident 1 – Wooden block laying in top of main hoist block During a voyage in good weather conditions, the Captain decided that the vessel would sail with the cranes […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 13/18








Medical treatment: Person fell down unprotected hatch

The MSF has published safety alert number 16-17 regarding an incident in which a shore-side foreman walked into the “safe haven” area of a supply vessel and stepped into an […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 27/16

Near-miss: Open hatches left without barriers

A member has reported a near miss incident in which a number of hatches on deck were left open without any form of barrier, creating the potential for injury if […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 27/16


Fatality during basket transfer

A member has reported an incident in which a crew member suffered a fatal fall from a Billy Pugh X-800 series personnel basket during a transfer between an incomplete platform […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 03/13

Fatality: fall from height

A member has reorted an incident in which a worker was killed, falling 19 meters from a column walkway. The person was a fitter putting in place a final piece […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 07/10

Diver falls into bell maintenance pit

A member has reported that as part of bell maintenance activities, a diver and dive supervisor removed grating from the bell maintenance access pit and positioned it against the moonpool […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 01/10

Pillar valve failure

A member has reported an incident in which a pillar valve from an emergency gas cylinder separated from the bottle while under pressure, rapidly releasing 50 cu ft of air […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 12/09

Unsecured object fell and injured crewman

During ‘routine’ offshore operations, a piece of unsecured grillage stowed on deck toppled and struck a member of the deck crew on the foot. The impact was severe and caused […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 10/08

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