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
Alert 24 Jul 2024 Operating a vessel - Person in the line of fire An LPG carrier vessel was alongside a terminal preparing for a scheduled LPG loading activity. After the LPG carrier was secured, one of the aft mooring lines (aft breast line) that connected to the facility mooring hook parted. Infield Support Vessels (tugs) were used to hold the vessel against the… View Alert
Alert 24 Jul 2024 Bunker hose damaged during connection During offshore bunkering operations, the bunker hose was damaged when it was stretched. A vessel passed the bunker hose to the supply vessel using the crane. The crew of the supply vessel received the bunker hose and tied it off. The crew then noticed possible damage to the bunker hose. The hose wa… View Alert
Alert 24 Jul 2024 Emergency musters and drills Incident 1 – Emergency button stuck During an emergency drill, it was found that the General Emergency alarm on the bridge was delayed whilst being activated. Further investigation revealed that dedicated Emergency button was stuck, and it failed to perform its function in a timely way during the … View Alert