IMCA Safety Alerts

09/13/2021 Yawing of wind turbine nacelle placed ship in line of fire

09/13/2021 What are audits for? Some eCMID findings

09/13/2021 Failed lifting equipment: fatality during pipe erection activities

09/13/2021 UK HSE: Employee fatally injured while moving heavy equipment

09/13/2021 LTI: person injured when hook parted during lifting operations

08/31/2021 Damaged Electrical Cable

08/31/2021 UK HSE: Poorly maintained electrical installation caused fatality

08/31/2021 Near Miss – Damaged Rig Hose

08/31/2021 Wrong key for the CO2 room

08/31/2021 Condition of fire-fighting installation and equipment

08/18/2021 Crane contact with pipelay tower resulting in dropped object

08/18/2021 NOPSEMA: person injured in chain hoist incident

08/18/2021 Dropped object – unexpected release of spool

08/18/2021 Lifting complex loads – offloading third party equipment

08/18/2021 LTI – ankle injury caused during lifting operations

08/11/2021 Wear a life-jacket!! (MAIB)

08/11/2021 All of a sudden – “this is not a drill” – person injured during a drill

08/11/2021 UK HSE: Oil company fined for hydrocarbon release – lack of written procedures

08/11/2021 Step Change in Safety – Major Accident Hazard (MAH) Awareness

08/11/2021 US Coast Guard: Wire rope terminations

07/30/2021 Fault in high voltage equipment

07/30/2021 MAIB: Grounding of general cargo vessel Kaami

07/30/2021 Descending Stairs Safely

07/30/2021 Acetylene quad fire on quayside

07/30/2021 COBRA bailout system – guidance note

07/22/2021 HSE: Allergic reaction at work

07/22/2021 MAIB: fatality during transfer from a workboat to a barge

07/22/2021 WSH: Two workers passed out and died in dredge ballast tank

07/22/2021 HSE: Catastrophic failure of marine loading arm

07/22/2021 Failure of dive chamber overhead door centre pin

07/12/2021 Overheated transformer activated fire alarm

07/12/2021 Mains extension melted – not fully paid out

07/12/2021 Catering crew unfamiliar with firefighting systems and emergency stops

07/12/2021 Incidents relating to hatches and doors

07/12/2021 MSF: Cut Hand Whilst Cleaning / Hand Safety

Safety Flash 18/21

07/05/2021 Safety Flashes – a look back at recent trends

06/16/2021 Failure of EGS valve stem on dive helmet

06/16/2021 Dropped object during lifting operations

06/16/2021 MSF: Potential dropped object