Safety Flashes

The Norwegian Maritime Directorate has issued the attached press release regarding measures it is introducing, in co-operation with the shipping industry, following the Bourbon Dolphin incident. Members will be interested […]

A member has reported an incident in which an employee was injured whilst working with a forklift truck. Two crew members had placed slings on a pipe and planned to […]

A member has reported a near-miss incident in which the safety valve assembly of a twin cylinder hyperbaric fire extinguisher blew off during ‘routine’ checks. A mechanical technician was carrying […]

IMCA has been asked to publicise the attached HSE alert HSE001-2007 issued by Divex regarding problems with valve seat retainers. See https://imcaweb.blob.core.windows.net/wp-uploads/2020/06/IMCASF-02-07.pdf for details.

IMCA has been asked to publicise the attached safety bullet #1 of 2007 issued by Kirby Morgan Dive Systems Inc. entitled Helmet Shell Repair Caution. See https://imcaweb.blob.core.windows.net/wp-uploads/2020/06/IMCASF-02-07.pdf for details.

A member has reported an incident which occurred during a severe storm, whereby a grill fryer in the galley broke loose from its floor mountings and toppled over. A steward […]

A member has relayed a report of an incident involving a reel containing pipe under tension at a third party’s onshore facility. An employee, unaware that the pipe was under […]

IMCA has received a report of a near-miss resulting from a failure of a chain lever hoist being used in a subsea operation. The hoist had a safe working load […]

IMCA has received a report of a near-miss incident wherein a taut wire weight narrowly missed two divers before coming to rest next to a subsea structure. There was no […]

IMCA has received a report of a DP run-off caused by operational changes to the DP system which led to the loss of all reference systems. The DP class 2 […]

IMCA has received the following report regarding corrosion to lifeboat parts which could have resulted in loss of life. An empty open lifeboat was lowered to the embarkation platform, when […]

A member has reported a small explosion on a vessel, resulting in a flash fire which caused minor burns to the hand of one crew member and slight damage to […]

A member has reported an incident in which one of its vessels suffered a DP drive-off during valve monitoring operations in open water. The wind was light – 5-10 knots […]

IMCA has received the attached safety alert regarding the Imenco Minilatch following an incident whereby an ROV fell from its launch and retrieval latch onto the deck of the support […]

A diving support vessel was installing a 24 tonne metallic cover onto a subsea valve. When this large object was deployed over the side of the vessel into the water, […]

A member has reported the following incident, which occurred during a diving operation from a DP diving support vessel. The diver was asked to inflate a 5 tonne air lift […]

IMCA has received a report on a small fire which occurred in the mess room of a production platform. A plastic tray had been left on top of a conveyor […]

IMCA has received a reports on a fatal incident during a lifting operation. A provisions crane was loading pallets onto a vessel using a pallet fork. After landing a pallet […]

IMCA has received the attached Divex HSE alert, which members should be aware of. See https://imcaweb.blob.core.windows.net/wp-uploads/2020/06/IMCASF-09-06.pdf

A member has reported an incident that occurred recently during planned, ‘routine’ pipe stalk rolling operations at a spool base. The incident resulted in serious injuries to one person. At […]