Safety Flashes

The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 19-02, in which as crew member on bridge duty slipped on a wet area of the deck, landing on his back. […]

What happened? A rigger was struck by a lever hoist hook, which led to a restricted work case.  The incident occurred during lifting operations and had the potential to have […]

What happened? A crewman suffered a pinch point injury resulting in two fractured fingers and a fingertip amputation.  The incident occurred when a piece of equipment weighing 86kg was being […]

What happened? Whilst the diving bell was on the surface, pre-dive bell checks were being completed by the Bellman, when it was observed by the Dive Supervisor and Bellman that […]

What happened? A fire alarm went off; the location of the fire was confirmed, and a team went for investigation.  Heavy smoke was observed coming from a spare cabin.  The […]

What happened? During diving activities on two occasions in the same 24-hour period, a diver noticed that there was no pressure left in his bail-out bottle.  The decision was taken […]

What happened? During bunkering operations alongside, there was a spillage of around 3 litres of fuel when the hose coupling was loosened during fault-finding.  The incident occurred when a vessel […]

What happened? While preparing to resume survey operations close inshore during the hours of darkness, a vessel caught unmarked fishing nets in both main propellers.  The incident occurred a little […]

What happened? Whilst turning in a river port, a vessel collided with a moored barge.  The vessel`s port quarter grazed the starboard bow of the barge at around 0.1 knots. […]

What happened? A walk-to-work (W2W) gangway system broke loose from its connection point.  The incident occurred during transfer of four persons to an offshore wind installation.  The first person got […]

What happened? A platform supply vessel (PSV) was on ‘stand-by’ near an offshore Installation waiting on weather.  Owing to the sea conditions, the vessel was pitching and rolling heavily.  A […]

What happened? During extraction of working teams from offshore wind farm turbine towers in poor weather, a transferee found himself on a gangway as it disconnected.  Weather and sea conditions […]

IMCA has been notified of slightly more than 200 safety incidents in the 15 months since the start of 2018.  Approximately two thirds of these come from IMCA members; the […]

What happened? A provisions lift onboard a vessel became stuck.  The chief engineer was called to attempt a repair.  During assessment of the problem, the lift dropped whilst his head […]

What happened? Four crewmen made a journey by small boat to inspect an SPM and floating hoses.  After completion of the inspection and maintenance work, two of them were closing […]

What happened? A vessel Master was injured when he went to the main deck to perform routine checks without safety footwear or a safety helmet.  While walking on the wet […]

The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 18-26, in which an AB was struck on the head by a crane hook during routine deck cargo transfer operations. A […]

What happened? A member reports several trip hazards in vessel machinery spaces.  On one occasion, a crew member entered the emergency generator room, stepped on an exposed support gusset, and […]

What happened? During drilling operations on a land-based drilling rig, the thimble within the hard eye of the winch wire momentarily caught (snagged) on the edge of the drill rig […]

What happened? Shortly before the start of diving operations, a diver reported that his gas was becoming tight, resulting in him having to switch to his bailout and return to […]