Safety Flashes

We have received a report of a crane incident that happened in connection with the transport of a riser joint from pipe shuttle to pipe storage deck. In order to […]

IMCA has received a report of an incident wherein a worker lost his life falling from height. The incident occurred onboard a vessel in a shipyard whilst a worker was […]

A member has reported an incident involving the contamination of a diver’s breathing gas. CO2 contamination was found to be present in three cylinders of a diver’s breathing gas (96/4%). […]

A member has reported a fatality during crane operations. The accident occurred alongside in port during the hours of darkness. A vessel was engaged in lifting operations involving the use […]

A member has reported an incident wherein a half inch HP fitting failed at 200 bar. Whilst no damage was sustained other than to the fitting and the whip check […]

During some pipe work on the deckhead of a production platform, a spanner weighing 1.4kg was dropped from the work place and fell 6 metres, landing only one metre from […]

We have received reports of a near-miss wherein a worker was nearly caught between a load and a fixed structure. The immediate cause of the near-miss was crane creep, which […]

IMCA has received a report of an incident wherein a ‘banana sheave’ roller weighing 4.5kg came loose during operations. It fell some 24 metres from the derrick and hit the […]

An incident has been brought to our attention wherein flooding started in the engine room of a ship. This occurred during preparation for cleaning of a sea water inlet filter. […]

IMCA has been advised of a near-miss during diving operations involving the cam lock on a KMB17 divers helmet. The diver entered the water and stopped at a depth of […]

Safety flash 10/05 reported on a recent Engine room fire. It was noted in that safety flash that the probable cause of the fire was spraying of leaking hydraulic oil […]

A member has reported a near-miss incident that occurred during a dual crane lift of a stinger being offloaded from a barge. Two cranes were required to unload a stinger […]

IMCA has received a report of a vessel losing one anchor and four lengths of chain cable during anchor handling. During the vessel’s previous dry docking, a number of chain […]

IMCA has received a report of an incident wherein during a repair job in a pre-load tank (ballast tank) onboard an oil rig at a repair yard, an explosion occurred […]

IMCA has received a report of an engine room fire. The master and crew handled the critical situation swiftly by releasing carbon dioxide. The fire was brought under control, but […]

A member has reported a serious crane wire failure. A night-time recovery of a work-class ROV (weight 4.75 Te) was taking place onto a Class 2 DP survey vessel using […]

A member has reported a serious injury that occurred during crane operations on a third party vessel. The vessel had been released from towing a flexible riser and the tow-wire […]

A member has reported that it has experienced several failures of KM B17 side block non-return valves which have had little or no in-water service. To date, defects have been […]

A member has reported the following issue discovered during a ‘routine’ inspection prior to the commencement of saturation diving activities using a bottom-mating system. The bell mating screws and clamp […]

IMCA has received the attached caution notice from Divex, which refers to modifications made to the ‘Electric Gasmizer’ divers gas recovery systems.