Alert 14 May 2024 Crew member injured by rotating crank handle - LTI The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch has published Safety Digest 1/2024, consisting of lessons from recent Marine Accident Reports. IMCA has reviewed the report and will pass on to members some of the incidents which we consider to be of interest. This is one of them. A winch drum, with cran… View Alert
Alert 14 May 2024 Near miss – lid on ash trash barrel blown off due to hot ash The lid on a waste container barrel blew off due to a build-up of excessive pressure within the waste container, caused by hot ash being deposited inside. The build-up of pressure was observed by a member of the crew, who attempted to gradually open the compression ring on the waste container to all… View Alert
Alert 14 May 2024 Trapped finger during mooring operations A deckhand injured the fingers on his right hand during mooring operations. The incident occurred when a vessel was headed to the pontoon to moor alongside her regular berth. As the vessels’ aft port quarter came alongside the pontoon, the deckhand used the boat hook to pick up the ‘in-situ’ mooring… View Alert
Alert 14 May 2024 Injuries to the eyes and face A member reports a number of incidents where crew have sustained injuries to the face. Eye and face injuries are always a serious matter. IMCA has relayed these incidents to you as a timely and important reminder to stop and think about risks and hazards, about your position – how you are stood or … View Alert
Alert 14 May 2024 Lifting - Person in Line of Fire When lowering the boom back into its resting position, a crane operator identified that a broom cradle was missing a piece of rubber buffer plate (weight approximately 24kg). The crew immediately examined the area and found the missing plate on the deck (approximately 10m below its original location… View Alert
Alert 10 May 2024 HSE safety notice - Risk of serious injury from motion compensated gangways HSE has issued a safety notice for: Windfarm clients, operators and Principle Contractors Offshore Installation duty holdersVessel owners and operators that use or operate a motion compensated gangway Incidents involving motion compensated gangways (MCG) within the UK Continental Shelf (UKCS) or… View Alert
Alert 8 May 2024 Near Miss During Lifting Operations Air Hoist Creep – Model TCR2000/2 An issue was encountered offshore where the air hoist was found to be lowering by itself whilst under load. Upon a full investigation carried out, it was found that the brake disc thickness measured was 7.1mm. The manufacturer’s recommended minimum thickness is 7.3mm, and as new, these are 8.1mm. A … View Alert
Alert 25 Apr 2024 HSE Alert - Manufacture, storage and carriage of thermites and thermite containing articles Target Audience: The offshore sector, the explosives sector, people transporting dangerous goods by rail, road, sea and air, and those involved in the supply of thermites and thermite containing articles. Issue HSE has identified that thermites, and thermite containing articles, meeting the criteria… View Alert
Alert 25 Apr 2024 Worker injured by falling stack of batteries in Flexible Intermediate Bulk Containers The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued a press release relating to a case where an employee was severely injured after batteries weighing at least 300kg fell onto him. The person was working with two colleagues when he was struck by the batteries. The three workers had been restacking … View Alert
Alert 25 Apr 2024 A reminder on watertight doors Watertight doors that ought have been secured shut, were observed open during a safety walkaround. It’s worth reiterating the importance of watertight doors – the clue is in the name. Watertight doors are special types of doors found on vessels, which prevent the ingress of water from one compartmen… View Alert
Alert 25 Apr 2024 Lone worker collapsed at onshore site A person collapsed at a workshop facility due to a non-work related, pre-existing medical condition. The person was unable to call for help and was not discovered until the following day. While carrying out routine activity at an onshore operational site, the worker collapsed in a workshop facility.… View Alert
Alert 25 Apr 2024 Main bell wire rope failed destructive test A main bell wire rope sample from a DSV failed to an adequate safety factor after 245 bell runs since installation. Following this failure of the annual breaking load test the DSV reported a premature retirement of the main dive bell wire rope after it had been in service for approximately eighteen … View Alert