A member has reported an incident in which a crew member was struck by a forklift truck during quayside operations, and suffered fatal injuries. The incident happened when a vessel […]
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
Mooring near-miss: Lines break during un-docking operation
The Danish safety organisation Seahealth.dk has circulated a near miss incident in which lines parted during undocking operations. A vessel’s mooring lines (double braided synthetic fibre rope 65mm) were used […]
Equipment damaged during cargo operations
A member has reported an incident in which a filled drilling cutting box (DCB) was punctured during transfer onto the deck of a supply vessel. The DCB was damaged, with […]
Damage to hand rails during mooring operations
A member has reported a minor vessel collision resulting in damage to hand rails. The incident occurred during mooring operations between a vessel and a barge for the purposes of […]
Vessel in collision with floating dock
A member has reported an incident in which a multi-purpose support vessel (MPSV) made contact with a section of a floating dock and buckled a steel fender and the main […]
August 2013 Super Puma helicopter crash
The UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has published a report into the fatal accident to Eurocopter AS332 L2 Super Puma, call-sign G-WNSB, on its approach to Sumburgh Airport in […]
Dropped object fell 12m and hit worker
The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has published an incident in which an object fell 12m and struck a glancing blow to the jaw/neck area of a […]
Near-miss: Dropped torque tool
A member has reported an incident in which a torque tool, weighing 55 kg, was dropped back into the sea during recovery after use by divers, who were working below. […]
Serious hand injury: Worker injured by machinery
The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has reported that a company was fined after an employee suffered serious injury when his hand was caught and dragged into machinery. The […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Finger injury whilst working in engine room
A member has reported an incident in which a fitter was injured in the engine room while removing a leaking pipe for repairs. The incident occurred when a minor leak […]
Fatality: Stored pressure release
An incident has been brought to IMCA’s attention in which a crewman died as a result of a stored pressure release. The incident occurred when a two man team was […]
Listing, flooding and grounding of vehicle carrier Hoegh Osaka
The MAIB has published Accident Investigation Report 6/2016 regarding the recent listing, flooding and grounding of vehicle carrier Hoegh Osaka. In summary, the report notes that the vessel developed a […]
Near-miss: Mooring without port assistance
A member has reported several incidents in which a shored-based mooring gang was not made available when a vessel arrived for a regular call at a designated berth. Rather than […]
Mooring: Port operator fined after worker injured by capstan
The HSE has published the following report regarding an injury to a worker during mooring operations for an ocean-going vessel. The incident happened when a three-man team were securing a […]
Near-miss: Laundry fire hazards
Two members have reported recent near misses which might have developed into fires in the laundry room. Incident 1 A member has reported a near miss which might have developed […]
The Zika virus
Zika is a disease caused by the Zika virus – it is spread to people primarily through the bite of an infected Aedes species mosquito. Symptoms – about 1 in […]
Malaria fatality
An incidence of malaria fatality has been brought to IMCA’s attention. The incident occurred offshore Ghana. A non-immune foreign national contractor presented himself to the offshore medic with flu-like symptoms. […]
False or scam emails – warning
IMCA seeks to bring to the attention of members the increased risk to businesses of email fraud. Two events in 2015 serve to highlight this risk. Both of them were […]
Slip/trip resulting in lost time injury (LTI)
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman slipped on deck and fell, resulting in a broken arm. The incident occurred when the chief engineer was returning to […]
Near-miss: Fouled diver umbilical
A member has reported an incident in which a diver’s umbilical became fouled around a seawater discharge caisson. The incident happened during a shallow water saturation dive (15msw), whilst using […]
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