Safety Flashes

IMCA has received details of an incident highlighting dangers from the lack of maintenance to container doors. A container was being opened as illustrated in the two photographs below. As […]

Fire is one of the greatest risks to vessels and everybody needs to be on constant guard to prevent fires. We have recently received the following reports of incidents involving […]

A man was working on the lower level of a suspended modular scaffold. He fell from the scaffold through a gap between two modular platform sections. The plywood used to […]

To support a new client policy, a company was changing over to the use of fibreglass shafts for all hammers over 2lbs. One of the first to be sent offshore […]

A DSV was conducting diving operations recovering a previously installed transponder array. During the transponder recovery the diver connected the transponder beacon’s webbing strop (supplied with the transponder) and a […]

A member has reported that it is aware of the following incident, whereby a worker was struck on the head by a compressed air hose which had blown off of […]

Further to a Safety Flash 05/03 (Robbery at gunpoint) a further robbery report has been received from a member. While getting a ride back to the vessel from Trinidad, Port […]

IMCA recently received details of an incident involving a dropped object. A vessel was undergoing a port state inspection in conjunction with a radio surveyor. During the inspection of the […]

In respect of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) members are able to obtain advice from several international/governmental agencies around the world. For example: World Health Organisation: who.int/csr/sars/en/ US Centers for […]

This safety alert was received from the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) “Recently a fisherman and a workboat crewman died when the inflatable lifejackets they were wearing failed to […]

A member has reported an incident whereby an injury was sustained by a person during lifting operations on a construction ship. A person was acting as banksman, but also assisted […]

A member reports that an able seaman slipped on an external stairway and fell heavily on his elbow, injuring himself. He had been washing down and had cleared away his […]

A member has reported a serious incident which occurred recently on an offshore vessel when a 7 ton SWL wire sling parted. From the diagram below, it can be seen […]

Working ashore or going ashore from vessels in various locations around the world has its own dangers. A member reports a recent event where an employee was robbed at gunpoint. […]

Not all incidents seem to be of extreme significance, but the smallest errors can lead to disastrous consequences. An incorrect connection on a coffee cup heater has led to the […]

IMCA has received a report of an incident onboard a platform supply vessel which resulted in a member of the crew fracturing his forearm. This was the consequence of an […]

A member reports that while cutting a sheet of paper on a manual cutting machine, an employee’s left thumb was placed into the cutting line as the blade was pulled […]

A member has reported the following incident, whereby a man, part of a team racking jet hose, sustained an injury to his left knee. A power sheave had been utilised […]

A member has reported the following incident, which occurred while a 76mm diameter wire rope cable was being pulled off of a passive reel mounted on an anchored flat top […]

A member has provided a note on one of the outcomes of a joint US Coast Guard (USCG)/Minerals Management Service (MMS) review of accidents on fixed offshore facilities resulting in […]