Safety Flashes

A member has reported an incident in which a person was hit by a wire of a warping winch, causing bruises to both legs. On the port side of a […]

The UK Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published the enclosed safety flash concerning vessels which have received dangerous goods without appropriate notification and paperwork.

The Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority (NOPSA) has published the attached safety flash regarding a recent gangway failure.

A member has reported the loss of a lift bag to surface. During a surface-supplied diving operation from a dynamically positioned diving support vessel (DP DSV) in approximately 24 metres […]

A member has reported an incident during a ‘routine’ operation on a diving support vessel (DSV) where a diving bell had been surfaced from 140msw for maintenance. The bell had […]

A member has reported a fatal incident which occurred during anchor handling operations. The incident occurred on an anchor handling tug (AHT) whilst crew were attempting to disconnect an anchor […]

A member has reported an incident in which two holes were burnt in the deck of a vessel by a third party contractor during hot work. At the time of […]

A member has reported an incident in which an essential 440V circuit breaker onboard a vessel was inadvertently opened, in error, by an engineer. Whilst there was no injury, damage […]

A member has reported a serious failure of a shaft bearing housing on a hydraulic winch rented from a third-party contractor. During recovery of a load from the seabed, the […]

A member has reported an incident in which a rigger fell approximately one metre into the sea during rope access work. The rigger was able to climb back up to […]

A member has reported an incident in which an electrician received a 440V electric shock and sustained an electric burn on the left middle finger and an abrasion on the […]

Attached is a safety flyer issued by the UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch. The accident was subject to an MAIB investigation and the report is available on the MAIB website […]

A member has reported a number of failures of bail-out high pressure (HP) contents whips, at the area of the swage fitting. The exact cause of the failures had not […]

A member has reported that as part of bell maintenance activities, a diver and dive supervisor removed grating from the bell maintenance access pit and positioned it against the moonpool […]

A member has reported that, during the work on a floating production storage and offloading unit (FPSO), a diver’s umbilical became fouled on a flexible riser. The riser had been […]

A member has reported an incident in which a remotely controlled vehicle (ROV) and its tether management system (TMS) were dropped to the seabed following failure of the umbilical termination. […]

A member has reported an incident in which a sub-contractor’s employee suffered a leg injury which was categorised as a lost time injury (LTI). Whilst working on offloading a vessel, […]

A member has reported an incident in which a rigger was fatally injured when a large steel frame, known as a cursor, fell from a height of two metres trapping […]

A fatal incident has been reported which, while it took place on a drilling rig, is also relevant to many vessel operations. During a pressure test with nitrogen, a pressure […]

A member has reported several occurrences over recent months of containers being inappropriately loaded and transported with contents in an unsecured and consequently unsafe manner and seeks to highlight this […]