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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.

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Fall from Height Leading to Injury

During work to change a wire on an FRC davit, a crewman lost his footing, slipped and fell 2.5m to deck below.  At the end of the operation, the bosun […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 16/20

Basket snagged on ship’s structure

What happened? The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 19-14 relating to an incident whereby a basket snagged on the ships structure causing damage to the vessel and […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 05/20

Dropped object from crane

What happened? A composite block forming the end stop topping of a crane fell 20m from the crane to deck. The incident occurred after a Suez Canal transit, when it […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 05/20

Coronavirus Outbreak

With the ongoing international response to the new coronavirus outbreak (often referred to as 2019-nCOV), IMCA has reached out to our HSSE Committee and collated the following material that may […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 04/20

Explosion and fire on-board the chemical tanker Stolt Groenland

What happened? The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its interim report into a serious explosion and fire on-board the chemical tanker Stolt Groenland on 28 September 2019 […]

| Included in IMCA Safety Flash 03/20

There’s something in my eye!

What happened? A welder reported to the Chief Officer that he had got something in his eye.  The welder had been welding closed ballast tank manhole covers before breaking for […]


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