What happened? Personnel were standing in line of fire during recovery of a Back-Fill Plough when a chain sling failed, and the rigging recoiled across the deck. A tugger wire […]
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
Lead-acid battery explosion
What happened A lead-acid battery blew up when an engine was started. The incident occurred when, after conducting pre-start checks on a generator, the 2nd Engineer attempted to start the […]
MAIB: Fatal accident during cargo operations on Karina C
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published accident its investigation report into a fatal crush incident during lifting operations on the general cargo vessel Karina C on 24 […]
MSF: Near miss – potential dropped object found on bundle of casing
The Marine Safety Forum published Safety Alert 20-11 relating to a potential dropped object in a load. The near miss incident occurred during offloading of casing from a supply vessel. […]
LTI: Stored energy – rigger injured leg working on quayside
A rigger sustained a significant injury to his lower left leg while working on the quayside during lifting operations. The incident occurred during the hours of darkness, when a third-party […]
Injury to Fingers During Grinding Activity
What happened Someone was performing maintenance activities with a grinder, using the grinder to cut and shape wood. When he finished, he switched off the grinder and placed on deck. […]
Hand injury when caught in machinery
What happened A crew member sustained injuries to his hand and arm when his hand got trapped by a moving belt. The incident occurred during routine maintenance of an Air […]
Positive: vessel improvements made following a man overboard incident
Following a non-fatal man overboard incident involving a member of a mooring gang falling off a tug, as part of the incident investigation, a thorough review was conducted to identify […]
Vessel Near Miss with wellhead
A vessel had a near miss with a wellhead within the 500m zone. The vessel Master was preoccupied and did not notice that the vessel was drifting close to the […]
Dutch Safety Board: fatality when mooring line snapped
What happened The Dutch Safety Board has issued the following report on a mooring line fatality onboard chemical tanker RN Privodino on 28 June 2018, while entering the Noordersluis lock at Ijmuiden, […]
Stop work authority enforced – unsafe conditions, no appropriate lifting gear available
What happened A vessel received instructions to pick up an aviation fuel tank at an auxiliary platform. The Master tried to tie up to the platform but was not successful […]
Secured material fell against crewman causing injury
What happened A crewman was injured when a stack of assorted sheet metal and wood fell against him. The incident occurred when he was performing a safety walk round in […]
Serious LTI – deck crew member struck by termination head/flexible
During a flexible jumper installation operation, the 1st end termination head had been transferred over the Open Vertical Laying System and deployed through the vessel moonpool ready to initiate laydown. […]
LTI Incident – Crew Struck by Cargo During Lifting Operations
What happened During routine cargo operation on the main deck, crew were unlashing the load (an empty pipe container) when the crane operator lifted the load without warning. One crewman […]
Injury caused by closing fire flap
What happened? A crewman was injured when there was an uncontrolled and unplanned closure of a fire flap. The crewman was filling an expansion tank through the engine room ventilation […]
Man overboard incident (not fatal)
What happened A man overboard incident occurred, in port at night. A rigger on the main deck, walking around spools secured to the main deck, stepped off the side of […]
UK HSE: fatal incident using high pressure water jetting equipment
What happened? The UK Health and Safety Executive has prosecuted a company after a worker suffered a fatal injury using high-pressure water jetting equipment for industrial cleaning purposes. An employee […]
Falls from step ladders
What happened? A member reports two incidents in which persons fell off step ladders and were injured as a result. Incident 1 While climbing back down a ladder from the […]
Pilots leaving the vessel in port in an unsafe manner
One of our members has released this bulletin relating to a recurring practice of pilots egressing from a ship’s gangway before it has rested safely on the jetty. Such practice […]
Dropped object – wireless crane control unit
What happened? A dropped object event occurred when a crane wireless remote control unit fell from the main deck to the ROV winch room deck below. An operator was controlling […]
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