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Potential dropped objects found lodged in holes on a freight container
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 14-06 regarding a potential dropped object. Two loose metal pieces were discovered in the holes for fork-lifting on a freight container. These […]
High potential dropped object – Rigger struck by falling object
A member has reported an incident in which a crew member was struck by a falling object. The incident occurred during the recovery of a subsea plough; whilst spooling a […]
Near-miss: ROV shackle (potential dropped object)
A member has reported a near miss incident in which an ROV shackle holding a boulder grab became loose and the pin partially disengaged. The incident occurred during a subsea […]
High potential dropped object – steel bar, 10m
A member has reported an incident in which a heavy steel bar fell 10m onto the deck. The incident occurred during ROV deployment, when a round steel bar weighing approximately […]
Lost time injury (LTI): Dropped object incident
A member has reported an incident in which someone sustained a serious neck injury as a result of a dropped object incident. The incident occurred whilst members of the crew […]
Dropped object near-miss: wind sensor
A member has reported an incident in which part of a plastic fixed unit wind sensor weighing 0.8kg dropped 10m to the top of the bridge roof. The wind sensor […]
NOPSEMA: Increase in dropped object events
The Australian National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority (NOPSEMA) has identified a concerning increase in dropped object events on mobile offshore drilling units (MODUs) in the first quarter […]
Dropped object injury
The Marine Safety Forum has published safety flash 13-10 covering an incident in which a crew member was injured when a trolley and chain hoist came off the lifting beam. […]
Near-miss: Dropped object – falling camera
A member has reported an incident in which the mounting for a fixed camera gave way allowing the camera, weighing 25kg, to fall 4 metres. Electrical cable and a gland […]
Near-miss: Dropped objects during lifting operations
A member has reported an incident in which pieces of angle bar slipped out of slings and fell into the sea. The incident occurred when the crew of a platform […]
Near-miss: Dropped object
A member has reported an incident in which a pipe-wrench weighing 1.2kg fell 15m to the deck. The incident occurred when hand tools were being hoisted up for use by […]
High potential near-miss: Dropped object
A member has reported an incident in which a piece of angle bar fell 11m to the deck. The incident occurred when shipyard workers and third party contractors were in […]
Near-miss: Dropped object – turnbuckle pin
A member has reported a near miss incident in which a turnbuckle pin weighing approximately 2kg fell more than 12m to deck. The incident occurred on a third party construction […]
Near-miss: Dropped objects
A member has reported an incident on an offshore platform in which three scaffold boards fell 4m from one deck to another. The incident occurred when the scaffold boards were […]
MSF – Near-miss: Dropped objects
The MSF has published the following two Safety Flashes regarding a number of recent near miss incidents involving dropped objects:
Dropped object: Injury resulting from failure caused by corrosion
The United States (US) Department of the Interior Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Gulf of Mexico OCS Region (US BSEE) has published a safety flash regarding a dropped object […]
Near-miss: Dropped object: 6kg sledge hammer head
A member has reported an incident in which a 6kg hammer head fell 5m (metre) to an unmanned deck. Whilst using the sledge hammer to dislodge a 600Te shackle connecting […]
Recent near-miss incidents involving potential dropped objects
There have been several recent cases of potential dropped objects which have been brought to IMCA’s attention by the Marine Safety Forum in MSF Safety Flashes 11-20 (marinesafetyforum.org/upload-files/safetyalerts/msf-safety-flash-11.20.pdf)and 11-22 (marinesafetyforum.org/upload-files/safetyalerts/msf-safety-flash-11.22.pdf). […]
Reliance on crane limits caused crane damage and dropped objects
A member has reported an incident in which a crane was damaged and objects fell to the deck in the vicinity of personnel. The incident occurred when a crane operator, […]
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