What happened? During subsea lifting operations with divers in the water, a large mattress lifting beam was lowered inappropriately close to the divers. The two saturation divers were deployed on […]
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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
Crane anti-two block securing wire failure
What happened? During routine lifting activities, a vessel crane’s (auxiliary) anti-two block (A2B) suspension wires failed, causing the A2B weight assembly to fall along the crane wire to the crane […]
Important safety notice for users of Crosby S-1326 18/20mm Shur-Loc Hook with 16t WLL – PN 100434
IMCA has received the following from Crosby: July 19, 2019 Dear Valued User of Crosby Products: THE CROSBY GROUP has determined the above listed hook assemblies may have a condition […]
Dropped flexible pipe incident
What happened? A member notes an incident during lifting operations, resulting in dropped flexible pipe. A 6tonne riser test piece (RTP) was being lifted in preparation for load testing the […]
Quayside dropped object
What happened? A metal plate weighing 5kg detached itself from a freight container and fell onto the quayside during vessel loading operations. The crew noticed that the bottom of the […]
High potential near miss: dropped object during piggyback drilling operations
What happened? During piggyback drilling operations, a driller inadvertently operated the sample winch control lever instead of the power swivel fast rotation control lever as intended. Activating the sample winch […]
Near miss: dropped magnet during dry docking
What happened? There was a dropped object near miss incident involving a magnet which was used by subcontractors during hot work operations. The incident occurred during a dry docking. Part […]
Dropped load (bottled water) during lifting operations
What happened? During a routine lifting operation, a pallet laden with about 1 tonne of bottled water, slid off the pallet lifting forks and fell around 8 metres to the […]
High potential near miss – storage box dropped from forklift
What happened? A storage box weighing approximately 770kg fell 4m from the forks of a forklift truck. The incident occurred when storage boxes containing items of equipment located on an […]
Two incidents relating to life-rafts/life boats
Incident 1: Life-Raft Inadvertently Deployed During monthly inspection of the life-raft, the port side life-raft was accidentally released into the water and activated. The incident was reported to the bridge, […]
Man overboard fatality
What happened? The US Coast Guard (USCG) has published Safety Alert 05-19 relating to a man overboard fatality. The incident occurred when a very large (330m) container ship arrived in […]
Line of fire: cutting injury to index finger
Whilst using a safety knife to remove the outer sheaving from a core conductor, a crew member managed to cut his finger. The safety knife slipped through the sheaving and […]
Sprained ankle whilst climbing on equipment
What happened? A crewman slipped and sprained his ankle climbing off equipment on which he had been working. The incident occurred inside a transition piece (the lower part of an […]
LTI: foot injury after standing on rotating winch drum
What happened? An AB was taking part in a task to re-spool a wire onto an aft deck tugger winch, when he climbed onto the side of the tugger winch […]
Have a regime when the current’s abeam – ensure adequate manoeuvring space!
What happened? The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has issued Safety Alert 03-19 relating to the consequences of manoeuvring in high current environments. Recently there were three marine casualties that […]
Near miss: uncontrolled movement of gangway
What happened? A vessel gangway moved in an unplanned way and could have been lost overboard. The incident occurred when the starboard gangway was under maintenance; the upper part of […]
Main engine turbocharger lagging on fire
What happened? The duty engineer noticed smoke and fire coming from a main engine turbocharger lagging. The bridge was informed immediately and the starboard main engine control was transferred to […]
Space heater caught fire
A space heater and some loose equipment caught fire. An area had been washed down as part of a housekeeping activity. As a precaution, electrical heaters were switched off and […]
Well drilled in the wrong place breaches railway tunnel
What happened? At a large construction site in a big city, contractors drilled an exploratory well in slightly the wrong place and as a result drilled into the wall of […]
Three fatalities: stored energy; falling objects; traffic management
Incident 1: Stored Energy Release – Worker Killed During Concrete Pumping Operations A company was fined following the death of a worker at a dockside upgrade project at a port […]
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