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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
Hand injury from portable grinder
What happened A subcontract worker received a 3cm laceration to the hand while using a portable grinder. The incident occurred during flowline fabrication work at a spool base. The portable […]
Cut and bruise to right hand whilst pressure testing
What happened A technician was pressure testing hydraulic hoses in the hydraulic workshop using the water pressure test bed. He had previously tested two hoses earlier in his shift. On […]
LTI: Hand injury in galley
What happened An experienced cook in the galley badly injured his hand when his knife slipped. The incident occurred in a vessel alongside at Christmas. The cook was preparing meat […]
Serious LTI – Crew member slipped on deck breaking his leg
What happened Three engineering crew members were involved in the manual handling of a bunker hose from an upper storage area to a lower deck storage area accessed via a […]
Head injury when crew member fell over in bathroom during heavy weather
What happened A member of the crew fell over in the bathroom of his cabin while the vessel was rolling violently, and suffered a minor head injury as a result. […]
Person slipped when exiting bathroom into cabin
What happened A crew member stepped out of the bathroom onto the cabin mat, when the mat slipped resulting in the crew member falling backwards, striking his lower back on […]
Leak of oil-based mud
What happened? There was a spillage of oil-based mud from a vessel alongside. The leak occurred when a vessel was preparing to transfer oil-based mud to the shore base. Just […]
Life raft secured incorrectly on cradle
What happened During an onshore visit to a vessel, it was observed that a life raft was attached/connected incorrectly to the life raft cradle. The life raft painter rope was […]
Lift bag near miss
What happened During the over-boarding of a spool, a lift bag while being inflated, ascended through the engineered rigging arrangement and was caught by the contingency rigging. The diver had […]
Finger crushed under Tether Management System (TMS) protection guard
What happened A worker suffered a crushed finger when the protection guard of a Saab Seaeye TMS8 Tether Management System fell on their finger. The worker was closing and securing […]
Sudden and uncontrollable move of A&R head
What happened? At the end of offshore pipeline installation operations, a vessel was preparing for pipeline abandonment. The pipe end clamp was in the Hand-off Module (HOM) and had been […]
Compressor fire
What happened? There was a fire in a 25bar high flow diesel driven screw compressor installed on the back deck. The incident occurred on a diving support vessel operating within […]
Near miss: Foreign body in diver’s helmet, resulting in fall of gas pressure
What happened? During a routine dive at a depth of 18m (60’), the diver reported to the Dive Supervisor a drop in breathing gas pressure. The diver switched to bailout […]
Battery explosion during routine maintenance
What happened A chief engineer suffered minor injuries in a battery explosion when disconnecting a cable from the battery. The incident occurred onboard a harbour tug. The chief engineer was […]
Poor control of work in dry dock
What happened A member reports several cases of hot work and other activities being conducted by contractors on a vessel hull during dry dock/maintenance activities, in which the work was […]
Ineffective Crane Stinger Hook Pin Installation (BSEE)
What happened The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Report 452 relating to a high-potential dropped object incident on a Gulf of Mexico energy […]
LTI: person crushed in watertight door
What happened An electrician was crushed and severely injured while working on a watertight door on a vessel. He was evacuated by helicopter. The incident happened when the door opened […]
LTI: finger crushed while moving mobile gantry crane
What happened A crew member suffered a crushed index finger during manual handling of heavy equipment. The bosun, the deck supervisor and two others were working on disassembling the mobile […]
LTI: crew member crushed finger when opening fire flap
What happened A crew member injured his finger while opening an emergency fire flap. The incident occurred after an annual test of the deluge system during which the emergency fire […]
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