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Safety Flashes 2005

Reference	Items	Published
IMCA SF 01/05	Correct specification of shackles Helideck foam sample Lifting techniques Driving policy Dropped objects from scaffolding Dropped object during delivery of offshore container	Jan 2005
IMCA SF 02/05	Fatality: fall from height Vertical lay system dropped during quayside mobilisation Fire at sea Securing of loads	Feb 2005
IMCA SF 03/05	Finger injury during loading operations Injury while grinding without PPE Gas leak during removal of temperature sensor from thermo well Diver injury from implosion of a fishing buoy Floating ignition source drifts near to production platform Diver hand burn injury during underwater cutting operation Incident involving Cameron high pressure accumulator Fatality: swinging load incident Fire caused at the stern of a dive support vessel by flaring gas from a rig Uncontrolled ascent of lay-down head Fatality: grinder incident Near-miss: Diver's umbilical severed by propeller MRSA and appropriate use of antibiotics Transponder pressure relief system failure	Mar 2005
IMCA SF 04/05	Incident involving Cameron high pressure accumulator (follow up to safety flash 03/05 item 7)	Mar 2005
IMCA SF 05/05	Starting air system incident Pollution caused by burst hydraulic hose Caution notice: Kirby Morgan regulators	Apr 2005
IMCA SF 06/05	Hand grinder injuries Leaking oxygen valve Near-miss: Flooding of a diver's helmet	May 2005
IMCA SF 07/05	ROV free-fall incident Product safety recall: Kongsberg RPT transponders	May 2005
IMCA SF 08/05	Jellyfish incident Caution notice: Electric Gasmizer gas booster Diving bell clamp mating screws	Jul 2005
IMCA SF 09/05	Malfunction of Kirby Morgan B17 side block non-return valve Serious injury during crane operations	Jul 2005
IMCA SF 10/05	Crane wire failure Engine room fire Explosion in ballast tank causing loss of life Lost anchor chain Near-miss during heavy lift operations Crane wire failure	Oct 2005
IMCA SF 11/05	Engine room fires - Appropriate use of insulating material on hot surfaces Near-miss during diving operations Engine room flooding Object falling from height Near-miss during lifting operations Near-miss: Dropped object narrowly misses worker	Nov 2005
IMCA SF 12/05	Failure of high pressure fitting Lifting fatality	Dec 2005

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