Safety Flashes

We have been advised of the following fatality, which occurred on the pipe deck of an offshore platform. Two chemical pods had been stacked to make room for arriving cargo. […]

A member has reported a near-miss during a lift bag operation, which highlights the dangers of inadequate safe rigging practice and of lack of awareness of actual lifting capacity of […]

A member has reported that while recovering an inflated lift bag over the bow bulwarks on one of its vessels, a regulator attached to an oxygen pack was broken off […]

A member has reported the following incident which occurred onboard one of its vessels. The vessel was in heavy seas when it was hit by several 20-25′ swells, causing the […]

This crane incident also occurred onshore, but the lessons to be learnt are equally applicable to members’ lifting operations. During a major turn-around, fan tubes were being lifted using a […]

The following incident occurred at an onshore fabrication facility, but provides an important reminder of areas that must be considered when planning for situations where loads and stacks have the […]

We have received the following information regarding loss of a survey vessel. This loss followed the ingress of water into the ship’s engine room. There were no injuries amongst the […]

During routine maintenance of bail-out bottles on a member’s dive support vessel (DSV), a serious flaw was discovered on a first stage bail-out regulator. When the relief valve was dismantled, […]

Members were advised of this potential hazard in Safety Flash 04/02 (DSI air helmets – Leakage of water into regulator). We have now been passed a copy of the notice […]

We have received the following information from a member regarding a power management system (PMS) fault which led to a DP station keeping incident on one of its vessels. This […]

We have received the following information from a member regarding a DP blackout incident on one of its vessels. This safety flash outlines the incident, the learnings from the incident […]

One of our members reported an incident involving lithium chloride batteries in a transponder unit which, having been recovered from depth, released a gaseous white powder through its vent valve. […]

A member has reported that during routine inspection and maintenance of the bailout cylinder, the diving supervisor found corrosion pitting on the cylinder body hidden beneath the harness strap. The […]

A member has reported an accident that took place during an onshore drilling operation. The crew was rigging down various rig components during the rig move to a new location. […]

A member has reported that when a pipe joint was landed on a bevel station conveyor and whilst the operator was removing the sling from this pipe with his right […]

A member has reported that an electrician was on the deck of a semi-submersible crane vessel and was going to the lower part of the J-lay tower (clamp area) in […]

A member has reported that whilst lowering a lifeboat during coxswain training the bow release hook mechanism opened on contact with the water releasing the forward fall. The aft fall […]

We received the attached safety flash yesterday from Divex Ltd, who are distributing the information to all potential users, who should fully check and test their equipment to ensure continued […]

A member has reported the following incident. A driller was positioning a rig sub-structure base area, lifting up the front extension. The sub-structure was lower than the extension and the […]

A member has reported the following incident, which occurred during an onshore drilling operation. During the operation (run in hole) with a 4½” liner, the crew was instructed to fill […]