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Forklift knocked spooler bar onto person's leg

While helping with spooling operations at a third-party yard, a person was injured in the lower leg, when a forklift truck struck the edge of a spooler bar causing it to roll onto his legs, resulting in soft tissue damage. The injured person was working on a spooling winch, with the spooler bar posi…

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Person injured going down ladder

A person was descending the fixed ladder of a carousel manhole. He lost his footing on the last three rungs, approximately 87 cm from the flooring. Falling backward, his helmet came off, and his head struck the edge of a steel structure and he was injured. Immediate medical attention was provided on…

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Day Signal mast broke off and fell to deck

On a offshore field support vessel waiting on poor weather and experiencing high winds, the Day Signal mast on the roof of the wheelhouse broke off and part of it weighing 35kg, fell 16m to the main deck. The weather was deteriorating and Hs (Significant Wave Height) was over 3m. The bridge team ha…

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Wind Wall Cladding Dropped Object

A piece of external cladding fell from the North-West corner of the drilling derrick middle stem, weighing 2.25 Kg and measuring 1.92m by 0.11m. It landed on the drill floor, 34 meters below. No persons was on the drill floor, and no drilling or crane operations were taking place at the time. During…

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Workboat collision with wind turbine platform

A workboat collided with a turbine platform in an offshore wind farm, causing injuries to one of the crew and minor damage to the workboat itself. The incident happened during transfer of two teams to carry out maintenance tasks on two different wind turbines. The master set minimum power ahead and …

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Chain hoist paid out unsupervised near running main engine

An electric chain hoist on the beam above one of the main engines in a vessel, was left unattended after use. The chain hook paid out and coiled the chain onto the running main engine close to the generator drive shaft. The incident occurred when the chain hoist was being used to lower spare parts r…

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Leak in hot water system for saturation divers

During saturation diving operations between bell runs it was noted that Divers Hot Water Unit #2 had a water leak. The leak was investigated and located, but was found to be in a place with very poor access. There was a small hole in a pipe, which on investigation was found to be a bigger hole under…

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Divers lifted off seabed by Clump Weight

Whilst the Diving Support Vessel was conducting subsea diving operations, the bridge team recovered the taught wire pulling the divers from the seabed to 18m above the diver’s maximum excursion depth. This rapid change in depth had the potential to cause pressure induced injuries or injuries with di…

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Diver in the bell hit by falling object

A diver in the diving bell was hit and slightly injured by a water bottle containing a gallon of water (4.5kg). Diver #1 left the bell and was handing over to the next bellman. In the bell the remaining divers were organizing their gear before departing the bell. They were moving a partially frozen …

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Maintaining Process Equipment - Dropped Object

A Quick Actuating Closure (QAC) lid weighing 15.8 kg fell to a skid platform below from a height of 2.3 metres. The lid is part of a Triethylene Glycol (TEG) particulate and was open to allow for a change. An operator was working in a bunded area in close proximity to the drop zone, with no barricad…

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When would you shut down?

Time is critical. When would you shut down? Think about how a similar situation might occur at your site: If a gas leak is identified what steps are taken? How do you know everyone is empowered to shut down the asset? When do you make the decision to shut down? What are the implications of delaying…

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Shifting of centre-of-gravity of load

A research vessel was unloading in port and crew had made a plan to offload a 20ft open-top container, which was filled with various pieces of equipment. A mobile crane on the jetty was being used to unload the ship; the crew prepared the lifting gear and attached four chains to the crane hook from …