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Electrolytic corrosion: failure of fire hose couplings
What happened During routine pressure/leak testing, a fire hose fitting failed at the neck of the stub inserted into the hose. As part of annual testing of the fire hydrant […]
Safety Flashes – a summary of 2022
This is a summary of the 29 IMCA Safety Flashes published during 2022. All the published safety events or incidents are available on the IMCA website as individual web pages […]
Safety Corner – December 2022
IMCA’s Nick Hough talks safety and picks up on some items from a recent visit to Singapore; and also trends and rates in safety flash incidents.
Near miss: pipe dropped from pipe supports
What happened During the cleaning of a section of pipe at a third-party facility, the pipe rolled off the pipe support easels and dropped to the floor. There was no […]
BSEE: Hazards associated with cranes on idle facilities
The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert #448 relating to hazards associated with cranes on idle facilities posing safety and environmental risks. What […]
Hydraulic Oil Leak to Sea from Downline Fitting
What happened During decommissioning, cutting work was being conducted using a diamond wire saw. A third-party supplier’s technician noticed a sudden drop in pressure, and it was discovered that 100 […]
Unsafe transportation and packing arrangements
What happened One of our members has recently experienced two near miss incidents, resulting from the inadequate packing of goods during transportation with the potential for more significant consequences and […]
Fall leading to serious personal injury
What happened A crew member suffered a fall leading to concussion and other serious injuries. The incident happened when he was single-handedly trying to hold and manoeuvre a drill tool […]
Third-party truck not in appropriate or safe condition
What happened? During preparation for transporting pipe sections from port to a coating supplier’s facility, trucks to be used for the pipes were inspected and several defects identified. Trucks found […]
Don’t ASSUME – verify and check
A member reports a number of serious control of work related accidents and near misses, in which a common cause across them all was seen to be ASSUMPTIONS being made […]
Searchlight fell from vessel during heavy weather
What happened The starboard wing searchlight became detached from its mounting bracket in heavy weather, and fell directly into the sea, snapping the secondary tether that was in place. What […]
Near miss: Floor Plate fell from Main Mast during storm
What happened A floor plate fell from the main mast to the deck during a storm. At the time there were violent storm force winds of 55 to 60 knots […]
MSF: Unsafe Cargo Transfer Using Pallets
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) reports in Safety Alert 22-06 that an MSF member reported two separate incidents during deck cargo transfer operations involving pallets. What happened Incident #1: Lifting […]
Equipment on quay damaged when vessel started listing
What happened During inspection of two pad eyes on a Tiltable Lay System (TLS) using a “cherry picker” or mobile elevated work platform on the quayside, the vessel slowly listed, […]
Safety Corner – January/February 2022
Nick Hough, Technical Adviser, provides an update on all things safety-related that are applicable to IMCA members and their operations. In this issue Nick talks about some of the issues faced by the security committee.
Life raft lashing parted in rough weather
What happened During rough weather on a vessel at sea, the lashing on a life raft gave way due to wear on stitching on the strap eye. The life raft […]
Incorrect as-built drawing configuration
What happened During leak investigations at a subsea manifold, divers carried out intervention on the system in accordance with approved procedures based on information provided by the client. It subsequently […]
Three bolts sheared on a lifting trunnion
What happened After successful installation of a offshore renewables Transition Piece (TP), crew accessed the TP and discovered that the cover plate of the lifting trunnion had fallen off and […]
LTI: person fell down hatch inside crane pedestal
What happened Two service engineers where performing an inspection inside a offshore crane pedestal. Inside, there was a ladder running the full height of the crane pedestal, with a hatch […]
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