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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
Dropped object – unexpected release of spool
What happened? During offshore installation activities there was an unexpected release of the load resulting in it falling to the seabed. The incident occurred during the relocation of a spool […]
Lifting complex loads – offloading third party equipment
What happened? As it was being lifted off a vessel, a cherry picker (a movable hydraulic crane with a railed platform used to raise or lower personnel) tipped over, causing […]
LTI – ankle injury caused during lifting operations
What happened During slewing of the crane during a jacket lifting operation the jacket started rotating. The rigging crew used a steering line in an attempt to stop the jacket […]
Wear a life-jacket!! (MAIB)
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published an instructive and useful account of a recent man overboard exercise, which is summarised below for members. Lifejackets: hold an honest […]
All of a sudden – “this is not a drill” – person injured during a drill
The Marine Safety Forum have published Safety Alert 21-12 relating to a person who was injured as a result of being suspended in a safety harness during a rescue at […]
UK HSE: Oil company fined for hydrocarbon release – lack of written procedures
What happened The UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted an oil company after they failed to provide written safety procedures for the depressurisation of an oil well, which […]
Step Change in Safety – Major Accident Hazard (MAH) Awareness
Step Change in Safety have published a safety moment or “mini alerts pack” on Major Accident Hazard (MAH) Awareness. It can be downloaded here. The major accidents covered include: Chevron […]
US Coast Guard: Wire rope terminations
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has issued Marine Safety Alert 04-21 relating to wire rope terminations. The Safety Alert addresses the importance of verifying the condition and manufacturing of […]
Fault in high voltage equipment
What happened A serious fault was discovered in high voltage (-5600 V) equipment; the fault caused sparks to be observed across the high voltage terminals. Portable seismic survey “sparker” equipment […]
MAIB: Grounding of general cargo vessel Kaami
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published Accident Investigation Report 7/2021 into the running aground of a cargo vessel in March 2020. What went wrong? The MAIB investigation […]
Descending Stairs Safely
On one of our members’ vessels, an observation was raised relating to the hazards associated with steep stairs. The subject is worthy of a timely reminder for us all. There […]
Acetylene quad fire on quayside
What happened A member reports an acetylene gas quad fire which occurred on the quayside. No injuries occurred during the event. The incident occurred during a project vessel demobilisation when […]
COBRA bailout system – guidance note
What happened Users have reported blistering and flaking of the lacquer on the cylinder exterior, and premature, excessive corrosion on the exposed aluminium at the cylinder neck, as seen in […]
HSE: Allergic reaction at work
What happened What went wrong? The company had: Failed to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment to identify the potential for exposure to the hazardous chemicals; Not implemented […]
MAIB: fatality during transfer from a workboat to a barge
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published Accident Investigation Report 6/2021 into the death of a crewman whilst transferring between the workboat Beinn Na Caillich and a barge […]
WSH: Two workers passed out and died in dredge ballast tank
The Workplace Safety and Health Council of Singapore (WSH) reported in Accident Notification of 24 May 2021, that two workers had passed out and died in a dredger’s ballast tank. […]
HSE: Catastrophic failure of marine loading arm
What happened The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published a safety alert on the catastrophic failure of a marine loading arm. Marine loading arms (MLAs) are used to […]
Failure of dive chamber overhead door centre pin
What happened Minutes after a dive team transferred from the entry lock into the diving bell, there was a failure of the diving bell overhead door centre pin. A “bang” […]
MSF: Cut Hand Whilst Cleaning / Hand Safety
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 21-10 relating to a crew member who suffered an unpleasant cut to the hand whilst engaged in routine cleaning. What happened […]
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