Alert 24 Jul 2024 Dropped halogen lamp caused small fire During painting work taking place on a vessel during the hours of darkness, a halogen lamp fell from a scaffolding where the work was taking place, causing a small fire in a scaffold board below. Motormen and deck mechanics promptly responded, adhering to the appropriate emergency protocols, and the… View Alert
Alert 24 Jul 2024 Service lifts on offshore and onshore wind turbines A wind turbine service technician suffered serious injuries when his hand was trapped between fixed and moving parts of a service lift. The worker was able to place his hand into an aperture whilst sending the service lift down using the ‘one touch to operate’ external controls. The external control… View Alert
Alert 24 Jul 2024 ROV dropped to seabed During recovery of an ROV system, the ROV TMS (Tether Management System) experienced a problem latching to the LARS (Launch and Recovery System). The umbilical was damaged directly above the Docking Bullet on the TMS, and was then sheared by the A-Frame docking head latch mechanism. The ROV then dro… View Alert
HVL 5 Jul 2024 High Value Learning - Lifting Bridle Master Link Failures (updated 05/07/2024) This high value learning may be of interest to: Duty Holders Contracting companies Lifting teams Supply Chain Shipping and logistic companies Manufacturers of Cargo Carrying units (CCUs) Lifting equipment manufacturers, providers and end users During cargo handling operations there was a re… View Learning
Alert 1 Jul 2024 Serious Hand Injury Whilst Donning Breathing Apparatus During a vessels fire drill, the fire team were being assisted with donning their Breathing Apparatus (BA) sets. The assisting crewmember opened the BA set valve resulting in a release of high-pressure air, as a result of the high-pressure air release the assisting crew members finger was impregnate… View Alert
Alert 20 Jun 2024 Manual Handling - Person in Line of Fire A warehouse and yard worker was rolling a flex stabilizer on a sawhorse rack. One end of the tool dropped from the rack, causing the opposite end to fatally strike him. Why did it happen?The worker approached the flex stabilizer intending to move it along the sawhorse rack by rolling it. As the tool… View Alert
Alert 20 Jun 2024 Person injured during lifting of compressor A worker was crushed by heavy equipment under maintenance, when the vessel rolled slightly. On a very large vessel, a team of specialist contractors were working on a compressor in the engine room. The work required the use of chain blocks and other lifting equipment to lift the compressor which wei… View Alert
Alert 20 Jun 2024 Personnel exposed to hydrogen sulphide during maintenance Subcontractor personnel were exposed to a high concentration of Hydrogen sulphide (H₂S) for a short period during maintenance work in a vessel’s Well Treatment System (WTS) room. The incident occurred during annual maintenance work being conducted on the system's acid filter units. When the upper ve… View Alert
Alert 20 Jun 2024 Carriage of Methanol - Dangerous Goods - without proper certification Methanol was being transported from place to place offshore, without appropriate Dangerous Goods certification. Methanol is very flammable. The incident occurred during the refuelling of a LIDAR buoy at an offshore wind farm. This involved carrying methanol cannisters on board a vessel, recovering t… View Alert
Alert 20 Jun 2024 Dropped welding fume extraction hood During pipelay activities onboard a vessel, a welding fume extraction hood (which weighed 215kg) fell onto a work station below. A crew member working in the welding station was struck from behind by the extraction hood causing them to fall to the ground. If the person had been struck in a different… View Alert
Alert 20 Jun 2024 Swinging load after loss of position During backloading of an empty refrigerated container to a Pipe Supply Vessel (PSV), adverse weather conditions, combined with technical issues and the effect of high thrust wash, resulted in a loss of position of the PSV and an uncontrolled swinging load. There was no damage to equipment and no-one… View Alert
Learning Moment 20 Jun 2024 Prevention of Dropped Objects Did you know, dropped objects are 1 of the 3 most common causes of fatalities and serious injuries within many industrial sectors? The intention of this safety moment is to raise awareness of the hazards around dropped objects and how we can prevent them from occurring. Content: -Short video: Dropp… View Learning Moment