Nearly 10,000 regularly receive our Safety Flashes straight to their email inbox, ensuring that lessons learned can be shared with the entire sector. Search our online archive of more than 2,000 reports online, or view the latest below.

Alongside this, our Technical Library features the latest recommended safety best practice and information notes ensure that emerging safety trends can be addressed. Our Safety Promotional Materials and online courses, provide the tools for Members to confidently strengthen their own Safety cultures.

Safety Statistics

Nearly one billion ‘man hours’ of offshore activity a year is now covered by our Safety Statistics.

Contractor Members share their information which is anonymised. This allows IMCA to provide insights on safety, health, and performance, and identify emerging trends. Members can download the data which sets a baseline from which to review their own performance.

Our archive goes back to 1996, telling the improving safety story of the offshore sector.

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Fatal Accident Rate (FAR)

0.3

Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)

1.1

Total Recordable Injury Rate (TRIR)

489.82

Safety Oservation Frequency Rate (SOFR)

Latest Safety Flashes

UK HSE: Motion Compensated Gangways Auto-Retraction

The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has published Safety Notice ED03-2025

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Brazil: diver permanently disabled after decompression illness

Conviction of diving company upheld as work accident suffered by a diver who lost strength in his upper limbs and the ability to move, requiring permanent use of a wheelchair.

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Diver reports unwell post-dive: non-decompression illness

A diver experienced a dizzy spell about one hour after completing a diving operation

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Shore-side crane boom collides with vessel mast

During shipyard lifting operations, the boom of a dock crane made contact with the vessel mast.

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Injury sustained while operating steel lifting magnet

While preparing to transfer steel plates using a steel lifting magnet, a crew person was injured.

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Safety News at IMCA

Diving CPD Mobile
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IMCA launches new Diving CPD to support global diving industry

13 August 2025
IMCA issues warning over rogue diving schools offering non-existent 'IMCA approved in-water diver training'
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IMCA issues warning over rogue diving schools offering non-existent 'IMCA approved in-water diver training'

12 June 2025
Safety Flash (Open Graph)
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IMCA Safety Statistics Report 2024: Line of Fire incidents remain leading cause of lost-time injuries

15 May 2025

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