Safety Flashes

Following a recent near miss incident, OGUK has drawn attention to the hazards of blown objects from helicopter downdraft, particularly where loose or inadequately secured equipment has been lifted into […]

A member has reported an incident in which someone suffered a finger injury whilst working on a hatch. The incident occurred when a crewman was working on deck, and needed […]

A member has reported an incident in which a seaman suffered a serious finger injury whilst lifting and moving heavy shackles. The incident occurred whilst he was working on deck […]

A member has reported an incident in which someone inadvertently took a mouthful of a hazardous substance. The incident occurred when the Bosun was tasked with conducting ‘routine’ chipping and […]

A member has reported an incident during an embarkation offshore, in which a rope on a pilot ladder snapped. The person boarding the vessel managed to hold onto the hand […]

An incident has been brought to IMCA’s attention in which someone fell overboard from a small boat. The incident occurred during the mooring of the daughter craft at a shore-side […]

A member has reported an incident in which, during transportation of breathing air cylinders by a third party vessel, one of the air cylinder valves was broken off, resulting in […]

Two members have reported incidents in which there were fires in the laundry arising from the spontaneous combustion of galley towels removed from the tumble dryer. Incident 1 The galley […]

A member has reported two incidents involving personnel transfer using the Crew Transfer vessels (CTVs) used in the offshore renewables industry. Incident 1 – Near miss: use of fall arrest […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crewman lost an eye during a stored pressure release incident. The incident occurred during maintenance work on the UV disinfection unit […]

A member has reported an incident in which someone got his finger caught in a watertight sliding door, leading to a serious injury. Third party subcontractor personnel were on board […]

A member has reported a high potential near miss incident in which an object of 1.24 kg fell 36m. The incident occurred during removal of tensioner pad upper castings on […]

The UK HSE has published the following information regarding a fatal fall during cargo loading operations in dock. Third party contractor/agency employees were standing on top of a stack of […]

The UK Health & Safety Executive (HSE) has published the following information regarding an incident where a worker was killed when he was struck on the head by a load […]

A member has reported an incident in which a diver lost consciousness temporarily while getting ready to dive, due to the intake of low oxygen content in the Breathing Air […]

An International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) member has passed to IMCA for circulation to members an incident in which a pillar valve forcefully parted from a High […]

A member has reported a near miss incident in which a diver lost his breathing air supply and at the same time there was a failure of a dive stage […]

The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority of Australia (NOPSEMA) has published a safety incident involving a fire that occurred in the battery room on a production facility. […]

The UK HSE has published the following incident in which an employee was badly injured when he was struck in the face during a test procedure. The employee suffered a […]

A member has reported a potentially serious near miss on one of their vessels, involving the lifeboat launching system. The incident concerned the failure of a number of bolts used […]