A member has reported an incident in which live 440v cables were damaged by a grinder. The incident occurred during a vessel mobilisation, when a rigger/welder was tasked with fitting […]
Safety Flashes
IMCA safety flashes disseminate important information on incidents and potential hazards and the lessons learnt from them that can help prevent incidents occurring elsewhere in the industry.
Individual safety events are available individually online, tagged and searchable, while the traditional PDF collections are also available for download.
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Safety Events
Collision between vessels
A member has reported an incident in which there was a collision between a survey vessel and a pipe-carrying vessel. The incident occurred during vessel manoeuvring inside an anchor pattern. […]
PP3 9V battery explosion
A member has reported an incident in which a PP3 9-volt battery exploded. A loud bang was heard on the vessel bridge. Initially the noise was believed to be a […]
Fire-fighting water jet hits antenna – Failure of limits, stops and safeties
A member has reported an incident in which the water jet from a fire-fighting monitor hit an MF/HF whip antenna and damaged it. The incident happened during monthly testing of […]
Fire in vessel accommodation – Overheating notebook computer
A member has reported an incident in which there was a fire in the accommodation of an offshore support vessel. The vessel systems were unaffected by the fire and there […]
Near-miss: Welding in ‘no hot work’ zone
A member has reported a near miss incident in which welding was discovered which had clearly taken place in a ‘no hot work’ zone. The welding was discovered during pre-sail […]
Fatal engine room fire on suction dredger Arco Avon
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report into a fatal fire in the engine room of the suction dredger, Arco Avon, in August 2015. A fire […]
Working at height – Use of wooden handled hammers
A member has drawn to IMCA’s attention a number of incidents involving the use at height of wooden handled hammers. All of these incidents involved the hammer head separating from […]
Dropped object – Failure of split head elbow on bolts
A member has reported two failures of bolts on the split head elbow resulting in two dropped object incidents this year and similar incidents in recent years. During pipelay operations, […]
Dropped object fell from crane – Poor communication/lack of awareness/control of work
A member has reported a dropped object incident in which a CCTV camera (weighing 5.8kg) fell approximately 3m down a crane pedestal ladder before being arrested by its data cable, […]
High potential near-miss: Dropped object
A member has reported a high potential dropped object near miss incident. The incident occurred in a workshop location ashore. A section of metal panelling, which weighed 5.6kg, came loose […]
Dropped pallet during loading of stores
A member has reported an incident in which a pallet shed its load during lifting operations, resulting in 900kg of groceries falling 7m to the deck below. The incident occurred […]
Crewman badly scalded during tank cleaning
Seahealth.DK has circulated a report of an incident during tank cleaning in which a crewman was badly scalded, receiving first and second degree burns over a third of his body. […]
Lifting bridle snagged – Failure to “stop the job”
The MSF has published the following safety alert regarding lifting during cargo operations. A Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) was working alongside an offshore installation carrying out cargo operations, which included […]
Potential dropped object during cargo offloading operations
The MSF has published a safety alert regarding a potential dropped object. Following cargo offloading operations from a vessel to an offshore platform, the platform crew notified the vessel that […]
Near-miss during cable handling – Standing in the bight
A member has reported a near miss potential ‘line of fire’ incident during cable handling operations in which a member of the deck crew stood close to a heavy duty […]
Confined space fatality – Sharp Lady
The Isle of Man Ship Registry has published Casualty Investigation Report No. CA118 on a confined space entry fatality that occurred on a crude tanker. The incident occurred after discharging […]
Load chain failure owing to corrosion
UK Step Change in Safety has published a bulletin regarding two incidents in which there were failures of load chains owing to corrosion. These occurred during the installation operations of […]
Hyperbaric lifeboat emergency lifting chain link failure
A member has reported an incident in which a chain parted during the recovery of a hyperbaric lifeboat (HLB) during ‘routine’ testing and maintenance. On recovery of the HLB the […]
Lifting sling failure on freefall lifeboat
Lifting Sling Failure on Freefall Lifeboat The Transport Accident Investigation Commission of New Zealand (TAIC) has published a report on an incident in which there was a lifting sling failure […]
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