The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the following Safety Flash regarding a number of cargo hose related incidents. In all cases this was due to a breakdown of communication, […]
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
Near-miss during subsea cutting operations
A member has reported an incident during subsea gas flame cutting in which a flashback occurred and one oxygen hose burst in two places. During gas flame cutting with a […]
Lacerated finger during rigging operations
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman involved in rigging operations sustained a laceration to one of his fingers. The incident occurred during offshore operations when two […]
Watertight doors and hatches routinely left open at sea
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority of Australia (NOPSEMA) has published the following Safety Flash regarding several instances where designated watertight doors – which are to be […]
Bypassing of storage tanks safety features
The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority of Australia (NOPSEMA) has published the following Safety Flash regarding instances where safety features associated with machinery space oil and fuel […]
Near-miss: supply vessel pulls platform crane overboard
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the following Safety Flash regarding an incident in which a platform crane was destroyed. During ‘routine’ hoisting activities on board discharging of a […]
Lifting post failure on survey equipment
A member has reported an incident in which a lifting post fractured completely, leaving equipment hanging overboard by only a hold-back safety tether and electrical umbilical. The incident occurred during […]
Near-miss: 220v cable not isolated during work
A member has reported an incident in which a 220 volt mains cable was left live and exposed in situ during repair works. During the ‘routine’ maintenance task of outfitting […]
Snagged cargo carrying unit during offshore discharge
The MSF has published the following Safety Flash 12-07 regarding an incident in which, during a ‘routine’ cargo discharge operation, the corner stacking point on a skip snagged on the […]
Man drowned after falling into dock when disembarking through pilot-gate
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the following Safety Flash 12-06 regarding an incident in which a crew member fell into the dock in port and was drowned. The […]
Major injury suffered in confined space incident
An incident has been brought to IMCA’s attention in which a person suffered severe brain damage as a result of entering a confined space to read a water meter. He […]
Near-miss: Serious subsea burning incident
A member has reported an incident in which a saturation diver caused an underwater explosion during subsea burning operations. The incident occurred when the diver was in the process of […]
Equipment at height not properly secured
A member has reported an incident in which tools were found inappropriately secured above a pedestrian walkway. A slip-in spade was found tied to a hand rail with a badly […]
Dropped object: Injury resulting from failure caused by corrosion
The United States (US) Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (US BSEE) has published a safety flash regarding a dropped object […]
H₂S leak umbilical laying
A member has reported an incident in which there was a Hâ‚‚S (Hydrogen Sulphide) leak during umbilical laying operations. A deck-hand and others on deck noticed a smell of rotten […]
Near-miss: ROV broke free of cargo strops during heavy seas
A member has reported an incident during bad weather in which an ROV which had been tied down broke free when the vessel was rolling heavily. The ROV started swinging […]
Lost time incident (LTI): Laceration to finger
A member has reported an incident in which a crewman on a dive support vessel suffered a serious laceration to one of the fingers of his left hand. The incident […]
Near-miss: Crane hook block dropped to deck
A member has reported an incident in which a crane winch wire parted and the hook block was dropped to deck. The incident occurred when the crane operator began to […]
Biocide incident
The MSF has published the following Safety Flash 11-41 regarding a biocide pollution incident. During the treatment of ships fuel tanks with a biocide chemical an incident in which someone […]
Leak of oil-based mud from drain valve
The MSF has published the following Safety Flash 11-40 regarding leakage of oil-based mud from a drain valve. This incident had the potential to cause a significant pollution incident and […]
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