A member has reported an incident in which a person was injured during a personnel transfer capsule operation. Three persons involved in pipeline commissioning activities on a recently installed jacket […]
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.
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Safety Events
Near-miss: ROV fuse bolt failure
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member was narrowly missed by the head of a fuse bolt which had been shot out of a remotely operated […]
Bell bottom door hydraulic operating system failure
A member has reported the failure of a bell bottom door hydraulic operating system. The failure occurred while carrying out standard bell recovery operations using the port dive bell on […]
Tumble dryer fire onboard a vessel
A member has reported an incident in which there was a small fire inside the drum of a tumble dryer on a vessel offshore. A burning smell was detected on […]
Hand injury: Injection of hydraulic fluid
IMCA has received information about a hand injury caused by leaking pressurised hydraulic fluid on a drilling rig. A person was searching for the source of a small hydraulic leak. […]
Near-miss: Loss of a small crane (‘cherry picker’) wire
A member has reported an incident in which a crane winch wire was lost during light subsea lifting work. The winch wire and the load dropped on to the seabed […]
Near-miss: Unexpected lowering of a suspended load
A member has reported an incident in which there was an unexpected lowering of a suspended load during a lifting operation which had the potential to cause significant injury. During […]
Importance of inspecting fall protection equipment
IMCA has been made aware of a number of examples of fall protection equipment failing owing to poor or sub-standard equipment: Safety Alert 09-17 – Near Miss – New Fall […]
Helicopter Task Group update: Briefing on S-92 helicopter fleet
The Helicopter Task Group has published the attached briefing concerning Sikorsky S-92 helicopters.
Lost time injury (LTI): Gangway deployment
A member has reported an incident in which a person suffered a broken leg during gangway deployment. Prior to arrival at the quayside, a vessel’s double sectioned gangway (see Figure […]
Trapped diver umbilical incident resulting in diver fatality
A member has reported an incident where a trapped diver umbilical resulted in his death. During the surface supplied diver operation, the diver was deployed to the bottom (56m) to […]
Potential threat to aviation posed by Skysails
We have received two safety alerts – from CHC Helicopter and the European Organisation for Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol) – concerning a recent incident involving a Skysail, an experimental […]
Torn ankle ligaments
The Marine Safety Forum has published the attached safety flash (09/30)concerning a crew member injured whilst stepping from one vessel to another when no gangway was available.
Failure of gas supply to diving bell
A member has reported an incident in which there was a failure of the breathing system in a diving bell. During diving operations at a storage depth of 102 metres, […]
Use of pre-mixed nitrox gases
An incident has been brought to IMCA’s attention where premixed cylinders or quads of nitrox gas may not have had the necessary oxygen content to sustain safe diving and the […]
Lift bag lost when rigging parted
A member has reported an incident in which a lift bag was released to surface upon parting of the rigging attachment point straps. The lift bag was of the open […]
Dropped object near-miss
A member has reported an incident in which an object was dropped whilst being lowered to divers on the seabed. The vessel was working in waters over 100m depth when […]
Pillar valve failure
A member has reported an incident in which a pillar valve from an emergency gas cylinder separated from the bottle while under pressure, rapidly releasing 50 cu ft of air […]
Falling object – struck by crane stop/striker plate
A member has reported an incident in which workers were struck by a falling crane stop/striker plate, causing injuries. Two third-party contractors were carrying out non-destructive testing (NDT), lubrication and […]
Uncontrolled movement of A-frame
A member has reported an incident in which there was an uncontrolled movement of an A-frame mechanism. The uncontrolled movement of the A-frame luffing function occurred whilst personnel were working […]
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