IMCA has been advised of a near-miss accident that occurred during a fuel transfer operation. Whilst the vessel was in dry dock, fuel was accidentally transferred into a tank in […]
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
Hand injury sustained by diver
A member has reported an incident in which a diver sustained an injury to his hand. The incident occurring during diving operations that were part of the installation of mooring […]
Burns caused by release of steam and boiling water from overheated pump
A member has reported an injury caused by boiling water from an overheated centrifugal pump. During filling and pigging operations, a high volume centrifugal pump overheated due to the motion […]
Flash fire in field joint coating station
A member has reported the occurrence of a flash fire onboard a pipelay vessel. A fusion bonded epoxy (FBE) powder used in the pipeline coating process escaped from a coating […]
Wrist injury sustained during vessel maintenance
IMCA has received a report on an incident wherein a member of a vessel crew sustained wrist injuries during maintenance activities. Two crewmen were raising a small landing platform from […]
Fatality: Falling object
A member has advised of a fatality, the initial details of which follow. During wireline toolstring recovery, accidental contact with the wireline sheave was made, causing the assembly to fall […]
Recent DP incident onboard a DSV
A member has reported the following DP incident onboard a diving support vessel (DSV). The company is still awaiting information from the DP equipment supplier regarding the onboard ‘black box’ […]
Hand injury sustained by diver
One of our members reports an accident wherein a diver sustained severe crush injuries to the fingers of his right hand. The diver was working in saturation at a depth […]
Worker sustained severe facial injuries during vessel maintenance
IMCA has received a report on an accident wherein a worker on a pipelay vessel sustained serious injuries to his face. Whilst the vessel was alongside, ‘routine’ inspection and maintenance […]
Fatal fall in shipyard
IMCA has received a report on a fatal accident in a shipyard, in which one worker was killed and another was saved by his safety harness. The two workers were […]
Falling object – Failure of lifting appliance
An IMCA member has reported a lifting appliance failure that occurred in connection with the transport of oil barrels. Barrels filled with oil were being lifted by a vessel crane […]
Falling object – Grating fell onto pipe deck
One of our members reports an incident wherein a piece of grating, of size 37×15 cm and weight 3 kg, fell 11 metres from a catwalk onto the pipe-deck below. […]
Hammer dropped from height
IMCA has received details of an accident wherein a tool was lost from work at height and fell 6-7 metres to a walkway. No-one was injured. Work was ongoing to […]
Falling object – Load dropped by crane
We have received a report of a crane incident that happened in connection with the transport of a riser joint from pipe shuttle to pipe storage deck. In order to […]
Fatality: Fall from height in shipyard
IMCA has received a report of an incident wherein a worker lost his life falling from height. The incident occurred onboard a vessel in a shipyard whilst a worker was […]
Breathing gas contamination
A member has reported an incident involving the contamination of a diver’s breathing gas. COâ‚‚ contamination was found to be present in three cylinders of a diver’s breathing gas (96/4%). […]
Lifting fatality
A member has reported a fatality during crane operations. The accident occurred alongside in port during the hours of darkness. A vessel was engaged in lifting operations involving the use […]
Failure of high pressure fitting
A member has reported an incident wherein a half inch HP fitting failed at 200 bar. Whilst no damage was sustained other than to the fitting and the whip check […]
Near-miss: Dropped object narrowly misses worker
During some pipe work on the deckhead of a production platform, a spanner weighing 1.4kg was dropped from the work place and fell 6 metres, landing only one metre from […]
Near-miss during lifting operations
We have received reports of a near-miss wherein a worker was nearly caught between a load and a fixed structure. The immediate cause of the near-miss was crane creep, which […]
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