Alert 3 Jun 2024 Dropped lifting beam due to parted soft strop During lifting operations a lifting beam weighing 4 Te was dropped from 50cm. The incident occurred when the lifting beam was being prepared for relocation for sea fastening prior to transit. A 1 Te strop was doubled through the main lifting pad eye on the lifting beam for the relocation. When the c… View Alert
Alert 3 Jun 2024 Welding and Burning Hazards Following inspections on production and well operation sites in the Gulf of Mexico and an analysis of compliance and incident data since 2022, BSSE discovered multiple high potential fires associated with welding and burning operations. Several critical issues were identified requiring attention to … View Alert
Alert 3 Jun 2024 Engine failure and subsequent engine room fire There was a catastrophic failure of a diesel generator on a vessel working offshore. The failure of the generator led to engine components being ejected by force, which in turn started an engine room fire. The Hi-Fog fixed firefighting system was activated, non-essential personnel were mustered, and… View Alert
Alert 3 Jun 2024 CTV crew member snagged on tag line and lifted off feet After a routine lift had been landed over the stern to a CTV foredeck, the CTV crew member gave the signal to raise the crane hook. While the hook was being raised, he stepped forward to guide the slings clear of snagging points on the CTV. A tag line attached to the slings snagged or became entangl… View Alert
Alert 3 Jun 2024 Crewmember suspended above deck by lifting equipment On a CTV (Crew Transfer Vessel), a crew member’s work restraint lanyard became entangled in a hook and wire sling, and the crew member was lifted off the deck. The incident happened during lifting operations offshore at a wind turbine. A deckhand and trainee deckhand were both on deck receiving a lo… View Alert
Alert 3 Jun 2024 Hand and finger injuries Hand and finger injuries continue to be a significant theme in the incidents shared with IMCA by its members. This is a summary of two recent examples from members. STOP! Take the time to think things through before starting work. Your hands and fingers are the best tools you have – and you only hav… View Alert
Alert 3 Jun 2024 IADC - Inspector Fatally Injured While Inspecting an Enclosed Facility Crane An inspector was fatally injured while inspecting a gantry crane at an indoor enclosed compressor station. The gantry crane had a walkway with limited clearance, only about 2 inches, between the handrail and the overhead ceiling beam. The inspector was positioned facing north, towards the handrai… View Alert
Alert 3 Jun 2024 IADC - Fall from height whilst descending derrick ladder and harnessed Injured person (IP) had just completed untying a double stand of drill pipe that was lashed to the derrick. IP connected full body harness to the cable sleeve of the fall-arrest system and started to descend the derrick ladder when his foot slipped on a rung, causing him to fall 6-7 ft. (approx. 2… View Alert
Alert 31 May 2024 Working at Height - Person in Line of Fire Two workers were working approximately 5 metres above the ground on a permanent access platform, removing the lid on a Tri-Ethylene Glycol (TEG) Discharge Coalescer as part of a scope of works to replace the filter cartridges. While slackening the studs, using a hytorq cassette and a flogging spanne… View Alert
Alert 20 May 2024 LTI – Compound Fracture of Right Foot The incident occurred onboard a Service Operation Vessel (SOV), performing Walk-2-Work duties at an offshore windfarm. The vessel was positioned port side on to the Wind Turbine Generator (WTG) with the maximum wave height of 3m impacting the port quarter and swell of 2.8m impacting the starboard bo… View Alert
Alert 14 May 2024 Maintaining Process Equipment - Explosion A major shutdown for planned maintenance was initiated which involved depressurizing the plant and flaring hydrocarbons. As part of shutdown work scopes, the main flare air blowers were taken offline leading to no positive pressure within the air annulus of the flare warm wet (FWW) and spare 1st sta… View Alert
Alert 14 May 2024 Near miss: dislodged grating with potential fall to sea A section of Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) grating on a vessel dislodged and dropped to sea. The incident occurred when a welder was on the grating passing a welding hose connection to a level further up, during preparations for work activities. The welder arrested their fall on a support beam and … View Alert