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BSEE: potentially catastrophic crane and lifting incidents
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 […]
A summary of safety flash incidents not otherwise published in 2017
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 […]
Pin from crane block sheave guard fell 25m
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 […]
Lost time injury (LTI): loose grating fell from crane, a man fell through and was injured
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 […]
Worker crushed by dropped/falling object
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 […]
Fall from height during yard visit
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, […]
Fall from height – LTI
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 […]
Near-misses during diving operations
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 […]
High potential near-miss: Incorrectly secured overhead equipment
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. […]
Diver’s worksite identification errors
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 […]
Vessel activities near platforms – two incidents
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 […]
Safety flashes: Summary of 2016
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 […]
Fatalities – pipe fell from skids
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 […]
Near-miss: Dropped steel plate
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 […]
Crewman suffers cut to hand – but gloves prevented it being much worse
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 […]
Fire in vessel accommodation – Overheating notebook computer
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 […]
Dropped pallet during loading of stores
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 […]
Working at height – Use of wooden handled hammers
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 […]
Mast head securing wire parted
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 […]
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