Alert 9 Sept 2024 Crew member cut hand on broken glass during heavy weather A member of the galley team suffered a serious hand injury when washing a glass during a period of heavy weather. The glass being washed slipped, hit the sink, and broke. The glass fragments struck the injured person’s left hand, causing an injury requiring seven stitches. The vessel was rolling in … View Alert
Alert 9 Sept 2024 Angle Grinder Finger Injury A worker injured themselves while attempting to change a wire wheel attachment fitted to a handheld angle grinder. In that process, the IP fractured the 5th digit (‘pinky’) of the left hand between the table and a wrench. To view this IMCA safety alert in full, click the 'Download Alert' button abov… View Alert
Alert 9 Sept 2024 LTI: fingers severed by spinning fan blade A worker on a vessel suffered life-changing hand injuries. The incident occurred during housekeeping in the engine room. After turning off power to a portable blower (used for ventilation of a confined space), the worker tried to move the portable blower by hand, grabbing the side of the fan instead… View Alert
Alert 21 Aug 2024 Operating Process Equipment - Loss of Containment During routine operation on a Floating Production Storage and Offtake (FPSO) facility, a technician heard an unusual noise from the compressor module. Control room operators identified a single gas detector with inconsistent readings. Site investigation found hydrocarbon gas leaking from a valve on … View Alert
Alert 21 Aug 2024 Maintaining Process Equipment - Loss of Containment A plant was shut down due to a Tier 2 gas leak from a gas inlet header. Two throughwall defects were identified. Total loss over the preceding weeks was estimated at 180 tonnes. Subsequent investigation revealed extensive Corrion Under Insulation (CUI) in the process circuits of the plant. Rolling o… View Alert
Alert 21 Aug 2024 Working On/Near Fixed Equipment - Person in Line of Fire A polyurethane foam bumper end stop from a maintenance crane was found on the deck of an offshore facility. The bumper weighed about 5 kg and had fallen approximately 9 metres from the work basket guide rails of the crane. Subsequent inspections revealed that a second a second bumper on the aft sid… View Alert
Alert 20 Aug 2024 Trailer detached from heavy vehicle during transit A Heavy Vehicle was moving a rig over a distance of about 70km. On the return trip the Heavy Vehicle operator towed the dolly trailer by itself. Approximately 68km into the return trip, the dolly trailer detached from the prime mover. It travelled across the road and came to rest on its end in the r… View Alert
Alert 20 Aug 2024 Driving collision with animal Whilst travelling in the early morning a Toyota Landcruiser collided with a kangaroo. Upon impact the vehicle’s steering was abruptly directed to the right, without any input from the driver. The vehicle veered across the opposite side of the road, onto the unsealed shoulder and made contact with se… View Alert
Alert 15 Aug 2024 Dropped Wellhead Protection Structure During Decommissioning When recovering a Subsea Xmas Tree, the load bearing capability of the wellhead connector was exceeded once the buoyancy effect of the seawater was removed. The Wellhead Protection Structure (WHPS) sank to the seabed in an uncontrolled manner from the splash zone to land approximately 2m from the we… View Alert
Alert 12 Aug 2024 July 2024 Master Link Failure An offshore installation was undertaking supply boat operations and lifting containers up from the boat and onto the installation. After landing a mini-container (CCU), one of the deck crew observed that the master link which attaches the lifting bridle onto the 5th leg, had parted at the welded jo… View Alert
Alert 8 Aug 2024 A wedge shattered causing injury Crew on a cargo vessel were preparing to open a cargo hold hatch cover, which was sealed by several wedges. The usual technique for releasing the wedges was to use a sledgehammer. A crew member quickly approached the wedge and, without taking time to prepare, swung the sledgehammer. The sledgehammer… View Alert
Alert 8 Aug 2024 Fast Rescue Boat (FRC) comes close to falling off in a dry dock During an annual test of an FRC (Fast Rescue Craft) and davit on a vessel in dry dock, the boat tipped forward and collided with a railing while the stern became stuck. During the launch, the engineers powered up the davit and began paying out the wire. However, a lashing line was not removed, causi… View Alert