What happened? During offshore trenching operations, the ROV pilot unknowingly made contact with the control joystick, inadvertently raising the cutting wheel and thereby decreasing the cutting depth. No equipment or […]
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Wrapped cargo slipped during loading and fell
What happened? A large load weighing over six tonnes was dropped during loading operations. The item was a hot air duct. The centre of gravity (COG) of the load and […]
Main ROV lift wire umbilical and bullet parted
What happened? An ROV vessel was engaged in subsea operation undertaking routine inspection, repair and maintenance (IRM) work. While an inspection class ROV was being recovered to deck within its […]
Near miss – diving operations while alongside
What happened? A vessel main engine was started while the divers were in the water, and the engine was immediately shut down again by the bridge. The diver was able […]
Near miss: absence of safety pin in the anchor swivel shackle
What happened? During planned modernisation of the stern anchor it was discovered that the safety pin in the anchor’s swivel shackle was absent. Positive action— Stop work authority – was […]
Dropped wooden block in conductor support frame
What happened? During a decommissioning project, a wooden wedge, weighing approximately 13 kg, dropped 6m, striking a rigger’s hard hat and shoulder on its way down. The rigger suffered minor […]
Toolbox talk prompts – CTV transfer with DP vessel
This information note was produced under the supervision of the IMCA Marine Renewable Energy Committee. Prior to a personnel transfer to or from a DP vessel, check and confirm that:Combined responsibility:Weather windows are suitable and communicated to allow transfer;Site and task risk assessments are available to cover specific risks in transferring
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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 […]
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 […]
Weight dropped to the seabed narrowly missing diving bell
What happened? Before launch of an Air Diving Launch and Recovery System (LARS) from a third-party DSV, the winch wire for the clump weight/guide weight became lodged between the winch […]
Unpublished safety incidents
IMCA has been notified of slightly more than 200 safety incidents in the 15 months since the start of 2018. Approximately two thirds of these come from IMCA members; the […]
Sparks from funnel caused small fire
What happened? A small fire was detected on the well deck area of a diving support vessel (DSV). This occurred during diving operations whilst the vessel was in DP3 mode. […]
Corrosion: failure of bolts on a cargo barge bollard
What happened? During pipelay operations a cargo barge was moored port side to the pipelay vessel to enable pipe loading. Mooring lines were secured to the cargo barge’s bow, stern […]
High potential near miss: dropped line pipe after vacuum lifter failed
What happened? During load out of a 30cm uncoated line pipe onto a transport trailer, the vacuum lifter unit being used to move the pipe lost suction and uncontrollably released […]
Safety Flashes – summary of 2018
This is a summary of the Safety Flash incidents reported during 2018, highlighting some trends worthy of note and one or two matters of interest. IMCA published 136 incidents in 29 Safety […]
Umbilical termination failure and loss of ROV
What happened? An ROV system had just completed a test dive to 3000m and was being returned to deck. Upon lifting the system out of the water, the umbilical became […]
High potential near miss: tensioner pad dropped to under deck carousel
What happened? During the trans-spooling of an umbilical, a tensioner pad retaining bolt sheared, resulting in a 1.5kg tensioner pad dislodging and falling 11m to the under-deck carousel, where it […]
IMCA supports IOGP updated life-saving rules
Positive messages feature in nine life-saving rules Common set of industry rules for industry workers globally The International Marine Contractors Association is fully supportive of the International Association of Oil […]
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