Alert 24 Jul 2024 Electric shock after water ingress to switch A shore representative visiting the vessel experienced an electric shock after touching an electrical switch in the steering room. Stop the Work authority was exercised; the electrical switch was immediately isolated and subsequently removed for investigation. To view this IMCA safety alert in full,… View Alert
Alert 24 Jul 2024 Equipment fell on someone’s leg causing injury Whilst a worker was moving one piece of equipment, another piece of equipment shifted and fell onto his leg, causing an injury. The person was cleaning the bow thruster room which was also used to store parts. He intended to move a portable submersible pump, but another piece of equipment (an auxili… View Alert
Alert 24 Jul 2024 Loss of pressure to diver’s primary air supply A diver working underwater experienced a pressure drop from the primary HP supply regulator. The diver was recovered safely, and tests were subsequently carried out on the surface, and the same pressure loss was observed. The regulator was removed from the panel, stripped, and inspected. During the … View Alert
Alert 24 Jul 2024 A slip into the hold A crew person was working on a bulkhead locking bolt at the forward end of a hold on a cargo vessel and slipped and fell to the bottom of the hold, resulting in an open fracture to the upper arm. The incident occurred after dark in rainy conditions. Wearing a safety harness with a lanyard and safety… View Alert
Alert 24 Jul 2024 Man overboard – unguarded opening A crew member fell overboard from a vessel approaching port in the early hours of morning. The deck crew were preparing the ship’s mooring lines for berthing when, during an attempt to pass a heaving line around a structural pillar next to a fairlead, the crew member lost balance and fell overboard … View Alert
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