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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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All members are encouraged to contribute relevant safety-related information – please visit our Safety Flash Reporting page for details on the submission process.
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Safety Events
Equipment damage – dropped ROV/tether management system (TMS)
A member has reported an incident in which an ROV was dropped to the deck from between 1.5m (metres) and 2.0m, resulting in significant damage. The work-class ROV was being […]
Failure of pressure washer
A member has reported an incident in which a Karcher HDS1195 pressure washer failed when a technician was conducting a test run after maintenance. The model involved was a portable […]
Mooring line operational safety
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has issued Marine Safety Alert 01-11 (attached) regarding the operational safety of mooring lines, which covers recent injuries and fatalities that have occurred during […]
Collision between vessel and installation resulting in damage to both
The Marine Safety Forum has published Safety Flash 11-25 (attached) regarding a recent collision between a vessel and an installation which caused some damage to both vessel and installation. Further […]
Fatality during rope access work
The Marine Safety Forum has published Safety Flash 11-24 (attached) regarding a recent fatality which occurred during rope access work. An investigation into this incident is currently in progress; as […]
Serious injury as a result of a fall from height
The Marine Safety Forum published Safety Flash 11-23 regarding a serious injury which occurred as a result of a fall from height. A worker slipped and fell 3.5 meters onto […]
Gimballed frying pan – handle assembly failure
The Marine Safety Forum published Safety Flash 11-21 regarding the failure of the handle assembly on a gimballed galley frying pan. The incident had a very high potential of injury […]
Lifeboat drill – near casualty
An incident has been brought to IMCA’s attention in which a lifeboat was accidently dropped into the sea. The incident occurred during a lifeboat drill at sea in good weather […]
Oxygen regulator explodes causing injury
A member has reported an incident in which an oxygen regulator exploded when the oxygen was turned on, causing a second degree burn injury to someone’s hand. The incident occurred […]
Failure of fall wire – update to safety flash 05/11
Members will recall that the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) published Safety Bulletin 1/11 regarding the failure of a fall wire which caused a rescue boat to fall into […]
Fatality after capsize of workboat with eight persons onboard
A member has reported an incident in which a workboat capsized during personnel transfer, causing seven people to fall into the sea, one of whom drowned. The workboat was transferring […]
Electrician received electric shock
A member has reported an incident in which an electrician received an electric shock whilst working on faulty electrical equipment. The vessel electrician had been called to the gymnasium because […]
Recent near-miss incidents involving potential dropped objects
There have been several recent cases of potential dropped objects which have been brought to IMCA’s attention by the Marine Safety Forum in MSF Safety Flashes 11-20 (marinesafetyforum.org/upload-files/safetyalerts/msf-safety-flash-11.20.pdf)and 11-22 (marinesafetyforum.org/upload-files/safetyalerts/msf-safety-flash-11.22.pdf). […]
Hand injury while using hydraulic impact wrench
A member has reported an incident in which a diver sustained a cut injury to his left hand palm whilst working with a hydraulic impact wrench. A team of two […]
Incorrect information in user manual for fixed fire-fighting system
A member has reported that incorrect information was discovered in a user manual for a Pyrosense SP1 Pyrogen Fixed Fire-Fighting System. A review of this manual revealed misleading information, with […]
Injury: Failure of subsea HP water jetting gun
Following publication in IMCA Safety Flash 05/11 (Diver safety – high pressure water jetting), whch reported an incident where an injury sustained by a diver after the subsea failure of […]
Near-miss: Personnel almost caught between crane house and scaffold pipe
A member has reported an incident in which someone was almost caught between a crane housing and a scaffold pipe. The incident occurred when a non-destructive testing (NDT) inspector was […]
Shackles in rigging assembly below required safe working load (SWL)
A member has reported that during a recent a recent spot check on a lifting bridle it was identified that a 17T shackle had been fitted instead of a 30T […]
Galley fryer fire
A member has reported an incident in which a fire occurred during ‘routine’ cleaning and operation of a twin vat deep fat fryer onboard a vessel. The night shift galley […]
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