Safety Flashes

Employee exposure to unguarded or inadequately guarded machines is prevalent in many workplaces. Amputations are one of the most severe and crippling types of injuries in the occupational workplace. All […]

A member has recently issued advice to its employees concerning slips, trips and falls. It notes that international review of incidents reveals that a substantial percentage of incidents are caused […]

Working with pressure and hoses carries several risks that can lead to severe injury. The identification of the risks involved with pressure and hoses can often be missed. Lately in […]

We have received the following report of a near-miss on board a rig, which provides a reminder of the need for constant safety awareness offshore. A coil tubing supervisor was […]

A recent incident has been reported to IMCA. Whilst we do not have details of injuries or damage, it involved a fairly standard operation in the engine room. An engineer […]

It has been reported to IMCA that there have been several incidents lately relating to electrical safety. Essentially: Working on electrical equipment can be a highly hazardous job The identification […]

A recent near-miss was reported on a member’s vessel, whereby a rigger was nearly hit by a mooring line during a mooring operation. The rigger was operating the capstan when […]

A member has recently issued advice to its employees concerning respiratory equipment as follows. On board there are several kinds of equipment for protection from possible polluted air. To be […]

A member has reported an incident involving a lifeboat davit sheave that occurred during ‘routine’ planned maintenance. On completion of tests, run according to the company’s standard procedures, personnel had […]

IMCA has learned of the following incident whereby an unexpected hazard arose when stowing refrigerated stores. A vessel was in the process of mobilising for a prolonged spell offshore and […]

We have received a report of the following incident, whereby a vessel’s fire detection system indicated fire in the engine room. Engine emergency shut down was initiated and all personnel […]

An experienced electrician (12 years with the company) opened up a microwave in order to service it, in spite of dire warnings not to do so. A warning label, prominently […]

A member has reported the following incident, whereby a mechanical plug installed inside a pipe to isolate hot work from process fluids released suddenly, striking and killing a welder. Results […]

IMCA has received details of an incident highlighting dangers from the lack of maintenance to container doors. A container was being opened as illustrated in the two photographs below. As […]

Fire is one of the greatest risks to vessels and everybody needs to be on constant guard to prevent fires. We have recently received the following reports of incidents involving […]

A man was working on the lower level of a suspended modular scaffold. He fell from the scaffold through a gap between two modular platform sections. The plywood used to […]

To support a new client policy, a company was changing over to the use of fibreglass shafts for all hammers over 2lbs. One of the first to be sent offshore […]

A DSV was conducting diving operations recovering a previously installed transponder array. During the transponder recovery the diver connected the transponder beacon’s webbing strop (supplied with the transponder) and a […]

A member has reported that it is aware of the following incident, whereby a worker was struck on the head by a compressed air hose which had blown off of […]

Further to a Safety Flash 05/03 (Robbery at gunpoint) a further robbery report has been received from a member. While getting a ride back to the vessel from Trinidad, Port […]