Safety Flashes

A member has reorted an incident in which a worker was killed, falling 19 meters from a column walkway. The person was a fitter putting in place a final piece […]

A member has reported that there has recently been a significant increase in the number of jellyfish in areas where previously few jellyfish had been encountered. Apart from the obvious […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crewman suffered fatal injuries after being hit by a snapping chain and mooring rope connection. The incident occurred during mooring operations […]

A member has reported an incident in which a falling object hit and destroyed someone’s hard hat. Two third-party ironworkers were setting the upper section of a structural steel tower. […]

The UK Health & Safety Executive (UK HSE) has published the attached safety flash regarding the dropping of a 9.5 tonne load on an offshore installation as a result of […]

A member reports an incident in which a tug girted and capsized during towing operations. A third-party contractor’s tug was acting as a stern tug for a heavily laden barge […]

A member has reported an incident in which a rope access technician (RAT) damaged his safety equipment during hot work. The technician was gouging out the weld connection around 8 […]

A member has reported an incident in which a rope access technician suffered minor spot burns on the chest during cutting operations. A 24 inch pipe approximately 4 metres above […]

A member reports an incident in which a person suffered a severed tendon, resulting in several months off work. An electrical cable with a thick rubber sheath was being prepared […]

A member has reported an incident in which a rope access technician (RAT) suffered third-degree burns whilst engaged in hot work. The injured person was engaged in rope accessed structural […]

A member has reported an incident where the triple drum umbilical handling winch for subsea oxy-arc cutting equipment caught fire. The on deck fire alarm was raised 21 minutes after […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crane load fell 1-2 metres as a result of a riding turn. During a project mobilisation in the hours of darkness, […]

A member has reported a blown-out pillar valve resulting in injury to a diver working on deck. The diver had been assigned to recharge a number of bale-out cylinders using […]

A member has reported an incident in which flooding occurred in the bow thruster space of a vessel, resulting in damage to the bow thruster. The vessel’s crew were emptying […]

A member has reported an incident in which an electrical socket caught fire. A member of the vessel crew was woken from sleep in his cabin by a popping sound. […]

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published the enclosed safety flash regarding the failure of a fixed high expansion foam system to extinguish a fire on board a […]

The UK Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the enclosed safety flash concerning the safety pins used for transporting and disabling COâ‚‚ cylinders.

A member has reported an incident in which four life rafts sent ashore for annual servicing had to be condemned and replaced. The rafts had been serviced by a sub-contractor […]

The Swedish Transport Agency’s Maritime Department has identified shortcomings in a certain make of hydrostatic release unit. Members can find further information about these shortcomings by following this link: transportstyrelsen.se/en/Shipping/Accidents–Near-Misses/Safety-alert1/

A member has reported an incident in which a large piece of equipment fell over 20 metres to the deck. A top section of an antenna, approximately 4m in length […]