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Three recent safety alerts have been released by the MSF, all relating to high potential near misses during cargo operations. One of the incidents is a dropped object near miss […]

What happened? The United States’ Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert no. 329 relating to four recent safety incidents involving cranes and lifting devices: While […]

IMCA is grateful for all submissions of safety incidents for inclusion in Safety Flashes. During 2017, a number of incidents received by IMCA from members were not been published as […]

What happened A member of UK Step Change in Safety reports an incident in which a main block sheave guard came loose from the main crane block and fell approximately […]

What happened? A crane operator stepped on a loose piece of grating on the crane walkway. The grating fell 18m to deck below, damaging some stairs. The crane operator fell […]

What happened? A load from the top of a double-decked trailer fell onto a worker, causing life-changing injuries. His employer was prosecuted by the UK HSE and fined. See press […]

What happened A yard worker fell 4m from the main deck to a mezzanine deck. The injured worker suffered a compression fracture in his right ankle. During a yard visit, […]

What happened? On a vessel that was alongside, crew were engaged in offloading equipment from below-decks through a series of hatches, when their supervisor lost his footing and fell through […]

Incident 1: diving bell nearly carried into subsea lifting equipment During a bell run at 90msw a task was completed and the diving support vessel (DSV) needed to relocate to […]

What happened? During operations, it was observed that the connecting shackle pins on two separate items of overhead equipment (fall arrest inertia reels) were loose and could have become detached. […]

A member reports continued worksite identification errors by divers. This is in spite of a significant reduction in such errors following improved engineering procedures and the application of operational good […]

A member has reported a number of incidents involving vessels working close to fixed platforms. Incident 1: High potential near miss – vessel blackout on approach to platform A DP1 […]

This is a brief summary of the incidents reported during 2016, highlighting some of the trends and points worthy of note. During 2016, IMCA published 148 incidents in 35 safety […]

The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has published the following safety alert regarding an incident in which two persons were killed when they were crushed under a […]

A member has reported a near miss incident in which a steel plate weighing over 1kg fell at least 4.8m to the ground.  The incident occurred when a vessel main […]

A member has reported an incident in which someone suffered a cut to the hand whilst steadying himself. The incident occurred during a dropped object sweep on the Tether Management […]

A member has reported an incident in which there was a fire in the accommodation of an offshore support vessel. The vessel systems were unaffected by the fire and there […]

A member has reported an incident in which a pallet shed its load during lifting operations, resulting in 900kg of groceries falling 7m to the deck below. The incident occurred […]

A member has drawn to IMCA’s attention a number of incidents involving the use at height of wooden handled hammers. All of these incidents involved the hammer head separating from […]

A member has reported an incident in which one of the wire stays securing a mast head, parted. A deck officer on watch heard a loud metal banging sound on […]