This is an old incident which occurred ten years ago in Aberdeen. The initial Marine Accident Investigation Branch report here was brought to members’ attention as IMCA SF 04/13 Fatal […]
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Safety Events
Near miss: Floor Plate fell from Main Mast during storm
What happened A floor plate fell from the main mast to the deck during a storm. At the time there were violent storm force winds of 55 to 60 knots […]
Riggers injured while disconnecting rigging
What happened Three riggers were injured whilst removing rigging from a load of timber pads after they had been backloaded from the vessel to a cargo barge. The barge and […]
Communications: LTI finger injury during lifting operations
What happened During demobilization lifting operations, a rigger’s right ring finger was crushed between the crane hook and a lifting eye. A vessel was demobilizing with a third party crane […]
Riggers struck/trapped by pipe section
What happened A vessel crane was lifting two 16 inch pipes of 24.4m length from a supply vessel to the pipelayer conveyor system. The second pipe section when being lowered […]
Stored energy release: Two fatalities with tyres (IOGP)
An IOGP member reports two separate incidents, both with fatal outcomes and related to maintenance/changing of tyres on vehicles. Whilst not strictly marine related, the incidents represent opportunities to highlight […]
Line of fire: pinched finger between door and frame
What happened An ROV operator suffered a serious injury, after their finger was pinched between the door frame of an ROV control van and the door as it swung closed. […]
Non-fatal man overboard incident
What happened After completing work, a small mooring (pilot) boat returned to the jetty. The AB began to secure the forward spring line of the mooring boat. The pilot being […]
Fractured finger while handling metal plates
What happened While working on deck, a crew member suffered a pinch injury to his right hand baby finger, resulting in a distal fracture to the tip of the finger […]
UK HSE: Poor control of work – worker suffered serious injuries
An individual supervisor – not the company – has been sentenced for safety breaches after a worker became entangled in a conveyor belt sustaining serious injuries to his hand and […]
MSF: LTI – Fall from Height (control of work during SIMOPS)
The Marine Safety Forum published Safety Alert 21-18 relating to an incident where someone fell from the bridge deck to the deck below. What happened Four crew in two teams […]
UK HSE: uncontrolled movement of fabrication caused injury
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted an engineering company after an employee sustained life-changing injuries whilst welding an industrial steel fabrication. Press release here. What happened A […]
UK HSE: Employee in shipyard killed by falling steel post
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a shipbuilding and repair company after an employee was fatally injured when struck by a 10m steel post. See press release […]
Watch your hands!! person injured while using an angle grinder
What happened A member of the crew was badly injured whilst cutting a piece of wood using an angle grinder fitted with a cutting blade. He was cutting dunnage for […]
Dropped object: dislodged flex-joint laydown tool component
What happened? During removal of the anti-rotation/laydown tool from a Flex-Joint, a load-ring half plate, weighing 85kg, was inadvertently dislodged and dropped about 1.8m to deck. Crew on a J-Lay […]
MOB: person fell into water during gangway installation
What happened Deck crew were installing a portable gangway when a crew person fell into the water. The person was wearing full PPE and a life jacket and was recovered […]
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 / […]
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 […]
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 […]
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