Safety Flashes

A member has reported an incidence of uncontrolled movement of a crane jib during inspection operations. The crane boom/knuckle had been lowered to deck to enable access to the main […]

A member has reported an incident in which a webbing strop failed during a lifting operation onboard a vessel. The rigging crew found it necessary to reposition the mattress lifting […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crane operator suffered a lost time injury. A team comprising three crane operators, acting as riggers and under the supervision of […]

An incident has been reported in which a shipyard worker was struck and killed by a falling object whilst working in a ballast tank. The incident occurred during the dry […]

A member has reported an incident in which a vessel’s main engines were inadvertently shut down. During transit, the vessel was rolling considerably and as a result the door of […]

Members’ attention is drawn to a recent communication from the UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) regarding the fire performance of composite or plastic IBCs. These are widely used for […]

A member has reported an incident in which a pallet lifting frame suffered a catastrophic failure. Various stores were being lifted onboard a company vessel during a recent mobilisation. A […]

A member has reported an incident which highlights the potential hazards of the lithium-ion batteries used in laptop computers. The incident occurred offshore in the accommodation on A member’s vessel. […]

The UK Association of Diving Contractors (ADC) has issued ADC Safety Alert 3/08 – Very Near miss incident Involving a Divers Umbilical – a copy of which is attached. Although […]

A member has reported the uncontrolled ascent of a spool piece and diver during a lifting bag operation. In low visibility conditions, whilst preparing a pipe spool for re-positioning on […]

A member has reported a recent near-miss incident in which a crew member was very nearly electrocuted. The incident occurred onboard a dive support vessel (DSV) following mobilisation, when a […]

A member has reported an injury incident which occurred during a major refit of a vessel-based work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) spread. An ROV pilot technician received an injury to […]

A member has reported several incidents onboard vessels where fall arresters have been found to be defective. Although the incidents have not resulted in any injuries to personnel they may […]

A member has reported a serious injury incident which took place recently during planned ‘routine’ crane maintenance operations onboard a third party vessel. Access to the crane cab level was […]

IMCA member SAAB Seaeye has provided the attached safety news flash regarding an ROV tether arcing incident.

A member has reported a series of incidents involving the shutdown of two different diesel generators onboard a long term chartered vessel. On three separate occasions these incidents caused a […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crew member suffered a serious hand injury during lifting operations. In the course of at-sea loading and offloading of containerised units […]

A member has reported that it has received a small number of ‘W’ size oxygen cylinders which were incorrectly labelled as nitrogen (oxygen free). Members are reminded of the guidance […]

A member has reported a serious confined space incident in which a crew member was injured. The incident occurred during quarterly planned maintenance of the leakage detection system in the […]

Deck crew were lifting a full 200l (40 gallon) drum of Oceanic HW 443 (ethylene glycol) with the crane using a cargo strap drum lifter. As the drum was being […]