Alert 4 Oct 2024 Loading & Unloading - Person Fall From Height A drill pad build crew requested a water cart to come to site and refill a water pod on the back of the crew’s truck tray. When the water cart arrived at site it parked next to the tray truck. The operator of the water cart connected a 50mm hose to the rear of the water cart. The hose was given to o… View Alert
Alert 4 Oct 2024 Laceration to right index finger The worker was entering a workshop container located on deck. They opened the door with their right hand and stepped inside holding the door with their right hand to close it behind him. As the door closed, the wind and the movement of the vessel combined to cause the door to close more quickly than… View Alert
Alert 4 Oct 2024 Injury to little finger A worker suffered an injury whilst painting an auxiliary winch drum following maintenance. While performing this work a wooden beam was used to prevent the drum from turning freely. Two painters, along with their supervisor, inspected their work area and conducted a toolbox talk before beginning to … View Alert
Alert 4 Oct 2024 Tampering with approved safety devices During a client inspection, the sight glass on a vessel main engine lubricating oil storage tank was found to have been fitted with an unauthorised and homemade ‘clamp’. An unauthorised ‘clamp’ was installed on the storage tank without any consideration for the potential consequences. This clamp kep… View Alert
Alert 3 Oct 2024 Fall from height injury at container port The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a logistics company after a worker fell over 10 metres and sustained serious injuries. The worker fell through an open hole in the driver’s cab of a straddle carrier, landing on the concrete floor below. The hole had been created by contractors… View Alert
Alert 3 Oct 2024 Man overboard during motion compensated gangway transfer An offshore worker fell overboard from a height of one metre while transferring from a platform to a vessel (non-DP) via a motion compensated gangway. The incident occurred as the vessel drifted off from the platform, resulting in the gangway disconnecting from the platform and creating a gap betwee… View Alert
Alert 3 Oct 2024 Vessel collision caused by mismatch between bridge and engine room control Fishing vessel Kirkella lost control of its propulsion system while berthing, and collided with the harbour tug Shovette in the port of Hull, UK. Kirkella’s bulbous bow breached Shovette’s hull and starboard fuel tank during the collision, causing the tug to partially sink and resulting in approxima… View Alert
Alert 3 Oct 2024 Fire on vessel - stray electrical current during welding A fire started in a cabin below the main deck of the small passenger vessel Qualifier 105, which was being stored in a yard for the winter, on blocks. The local fire department responded and extinguished the fire. No pollution or injuries were reported. The vessel was effectively destroyed at a cost… View Alert
Alert 3 Oct 2024 Offshore platform decommissioning near miss In 2021, there was a near miss incident for two workers beneath a swinging suspended load while decommissioning part of a monopod offshore platform in the northern waters of Western Australia. The workers were cutting through the monopod’s main leg (caisson) when the topside, which was rigged to a c… View Alert
Alert 26 Sept 2024 Nitrogen cylinder ruptured A high pressure Nitrogen cylinder in a quad of 12 cylinders located on a drill rig floor ruptured without warning. The cylinders were charged to 2,400psi and were not connected to anything else at the time of the incident. The rack was destroyed and the other cylinders in the quad were propelled by … View Alert
Alert 26 Sept 2024 Near miss: lift bag released unintentionally from crane hook During a saturation dive, deck crew connected a lift bag to the crane to subsequently send it down to the diver. When the crane hook went through the splash-zone, the lift bag came free from the crane hook and floated on the surface. As the vessel was in DP mode there was the potential for damage to… View Alert
Alert 26 Sept 2024 Driving - Collision While being towed by a tipper truck, a tag trailer carrying a 14 tonne excavator partially detached from the truck. The trailer remained connected only by the safety chains. Sparks from the detached trailer hitch contacting the road surface started a grass fire. The driver safely stopped the vehicle… View Alert