IMCA has received a report of a near-miss involving workers entering a cargo tank. Workers descending a ladder into the tank found that there was no grating platform at the […]
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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IMCA has received a report of a near-miss involving workers entering a cargo tank. Workers descending a ladder into the tank found that there was no grating platform at the […]
One of our members reports an incident wherein a piece of grating, of size 37×15 cm and weight 3 kg, fell 11 metres from a catwalk onto the pipe-deck below. […]
During some pipe work on the deckhead of a production platform, a spanner weighing 1.4kg was dropped from the work place and fell 6 metres, landing only one metre from […]
A member has reported a serious injury that occurred during crane operations on a third party vessel. The vessel had been released from towing a flexible riser and the tow-wire […]
A member has provided a note on one of the outcomes of a joint US Coast Guard (USCG)/Minerals Management Service (MMS) review of accidents on fixed offshore facilities resulting in […]
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