Safety Flashes

A member has reported an incident which highlights the potential hazards of the lithium-ion batteries used in laptop computers. The incident occurred offshore in the accommodation on A member’s vessel. […]

The UK Association of Diving Contractors (ADC) has issued ADC Safety Alert 3/08 – Very Near miss incident Involving a Divers Umbilical – a copy of which is attached. Although […]

A member has reported the uncontrolled ascent of a spool piece and diver during a lifting bag operation. In low visibility conditions, whilst preparing a pipe spool for re-positioning on […]

A member has reported a recent near-miss incident in which a crew member was very nearly electrocuted. The incident occurred onboard a dive support vessel (DSV) following mobilisation, when a […]

A member has reported an injury incident which occurred during a major refit of a vessel-based work-class remotely operated vehicle (ROV) spread. An ROV pilot technician received an injury to […]

A member has reported several incidents onboard vessels where fall arresters have been found to be defective. Although the incidents have not resulted in any injuries to personnel they may […]

A member has reported a serious injury incident which took place recently during planned ‘routine’ crane maintenance operations onboard a third party vessel. Access to the crane cab level was […]

IMCA member SAAB Seaeye has provided the attached safety news flash regarding an ROV tether arcing incident.

A member has reported a series of incidents involving the shutdown of two different diesel generators onboard a long term chartered vessel. On three separate occasions these incidents caused a […]

A member has reported an incident in which a crew member suffered a serious hand injury during lifting operations. In the course of at-sea loading and offloading of containerised units […]

A member has reported that it has received a small number of ‘W’ size oxygen cylinders which were incorrectly labelled as nitrogen (oxygen free). Members are reminded of the guidance […]

A member has reported a serious confined space incident in which a crew member was injured. The incident occurred during quarterly planned maintenance of the leakage detection system in the […]

Deck crew were lifting a full 200l (40 gallon) drum of Oceanic HW 443 (ethylene glycol) with the crane using a cargo strap drum lifter. As the drum was being […]

A member has reported a serious incident onboard a vessel where the main hoist wire rope of the main crane parted whilst deployed subsea. The vessel crane was involved in […]

A member has reported a number of incidents during welding and burning operations which had the potential to result in injury to personnel or damage to equipment or vessel’s. Members […]

A member has reported a serious failure of a vessel’s GPS positioning equipment. When approaching the work area, which was close to the shore, the vessel experienced a complete failure […]

The practice of installing a dry suit inflation whip with modified fittings onto a KM 37 side block has been reported to IMCA. Kirby Morgan Dive Systems Inc. has advised […]

During ‘routine’ offshore operations, a piece of unsecured grillage stowed on deck toppled and struck a member of the deck crew on the foot. The impact was severe and caused […]

A member has reported a case of serious abrasion on the metal casing of the flame arrester on an oxygen hose. This was discovered during ‘routine’ replacement of the securing […]

An incident has been reported to IMCA in which a DP Class 2 shuttle tanker lost its position during a DP offtake operation due to sudden and simultaneous loss of […]