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
Alert 8 Aug 2024 Load lost from lorry on public road – inadequate securing of cargo During the transportation of equipment, a load became free of its single retention strap and fell off a lorry onto a public road. The load fell off while passing a roundabout at low speed. The loads which fell off were stacked on top of each other and included large hoses on a wooden pallet, each lo… View Alert
Alert 8 Aug 2024 Unsecured cargo inside box broke lose and fell A load of cargo being lifted onto a vessel destabilised and the cargo, weighing over 400kg, fell approx. 5m from the load onto the vessel deck. This high potential near miss incident occurred when materials were being lifting from the quay onto a vessel alongside. A pallet containing two closed wood… View Alert
Alert 8 Aug 2024 Side scuttle (porthole) knocked out by wave impact While a platform supply vessel was on passage through heavy seas, a large wave hit the vessel and a side scuttle (porthole) in one of the cabins broke loose from its frame, and was violently propelled across the cabin. A crew member sleeping in the cabin at the time was awakened by the impact and in… View Alert
Alert 6 Aug 2024 Operating Process Equipment - Loss of Containment An inlet separator water boot level control valve failed to close at a Gas Processing Facility, causing both water and gas blow-by to the puraceptor. The on-call Operator assumed the valve had failed closed. The Loss of Containment was identified by the Operator when they arrived on site the next mo… View Alert