Alert 28 Feb 2024 Confined space entry – tank cleaning Incident 1: What happened - worker required CPR A worker was vacuuming, and the nozzle became stuck inside the tank. To free the nozzle, the worker - who was wearing a respirator with organic filters specifically used for working outside the tank - fully entered the tank, where he fell ill. Coworker… View Alert
Alert 28 Feb 2024 Hot work whilst working at height in a confined space – job was stopped During a site visit to a vessel, it was observed that a third-party contractor’s welder was standing on the wooden platform (the actual height was over 1.80m) inside a confined space (a ballast tank) doing some flame-cutting jobs. No fall protection guards were installed around the worker, not was t… View Alert
Alert 28 Feb 2024 Unauthorised entry into confined space Planned repair works were taking place on a barge. The work involved hot work (welding & grinding). During the works, the stand-by person, controlling several areas, observed sub-contract personnel accessing a confined space in which welding was taking place. Stop Work Authority was exercised im… View Alert
Alert 16 Feb 2024 Two dropped object incidents Incident 1 – dropped metal wedge A pin was required to be pulled on a hinge system for the dynamic gangway system on a W2W (walk-to-work) vessel. As part of this task metal wedges were used to hold some of the gangway components in place. The job of pulling the pins was not going as expected due to … View Alert
Alert 16 Feb 2024 Fall Protection – Defective Safety Harness During equipment recovery operations on the back deck of a vessel, a technician felt something unexpected around the Dorsal ‘D’ ring on the back of his safety harness. Operations were immediately stopped. On inspection, several points of failure were identified on and around the area of the plastic … View Alert
Alert 16 Feb 2024 Failure of self-righting frame on Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) During a routine rescue drill the self-righting frame assembly fell off the Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) into the water while the FRC was transiting at approximately 15 knots. The self-righting frame was recovered by the FRC crew and returned to the vessel, where the cause of failure identified, and repa… View Alert
Alert 16 Feb 2024 High potential: navigation near offshore wind turbines During survey operations, a chartered vessel entered a wind turbine safety zone on two separate occasions whilst attempting to achieve the closest approach line. On the first occasion, the breach was dealt with onboard the vessel with a safety stand down. On the second occasion, the vessel was immed… View Alert
Alert 16 Feb 2024 Are your emergency procedures and your emergency equipment good enough? The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 469 relating to readiness for medical evacuation and dealing with emergency hazards. An inspection of offshore sites in the Gulf of Mexico revealed: Inconsistencies in the documentation and recording o… View Alert
Alert 9 Feb 2024 Working With/Near Pressurised Systems - Person in Line of Fire A worker was investigating a known below ground air leak in a pump assembly at an oily water detention pond. The pump assembly is located in close proximity to the pond and is used to skim oil from the edge of the pond. The worker was clearing some surface rock and soil from around pipework to ident… View Alert
Alert 1 Feb 2024 What are you doing to ensure that light vehicles are operating safely? While travelling to site in a Light Vehicle the driver noted that the brakes were not operating normally. The driver was only getting braking effect at the very limit of pedal travel. Upon arrival at site the driver inspected the vehicle and discovered that the brake line support bracket was not att… View Alert
Alert 25 Jan 2024 Deep fat fryer fire Catering crew had a lucky escape after switching on the galley equipment electrical isolators to start preparing for lunch. The supply breaker to the deep fat fryers tripped while the equipment was heating up and the engineers were called to reset it. Two of the deep fat fryers had no oil in them an… View Alert
Alert 25 Jan 2024 Engineer scalded The MSF published Safety Alert 23-14 in which an engineer received severe scalding injuries when working in the engine room. The incident occurred during operations on a platform supply vessel (PSV). The engine alarm system was activated due to low level in the high temperature cooling water circui… View Alert