Alert 19 Oct 2023 BSEE: Heat-related Illnesses occurring offshore The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 467 relating to heat related illnesses occurring offshore. BSSE notes that there have been multiple recent instances of personnel experiencing symptoms of heat-related illnesses while working offshore… View Alert
Alert 19 Oct 2023 Fire in the laundry room A smoke detector was activated. A deck officer checked the origin of the alarm which was coming from an area close to the laundry room. A general fire alarm was sounded; all personnel started to muster, and a firefighting team assembled. The fire team found the source of the fire which was coming f… View Alert
Alert 19 Oct 2023 Uncertified bosun’s chairs A member conducting management visits to vessels discovered three separate cases where “Bosun’s Chairs” or similar support structures or working at height activities related to painting and repair works, had been fabricated by crew from wooden boards and ropes. Our member notes that using uncertifi… View Alert
Alert 19 Oct 2023 Unprotected openings in floor grating – work stopped Two workers removed grating panels at height on a horizontal lay system, in order to gain access to lift points for further removal of a lateral walkway section. The removed grating created an open hole with the likelihood that someone could have fallen through it. None of the team involved were wea… View Alert
Alert 19 Oct 2023 Job stopped safely: safe working load limits exceeded Work was stopped during the practical evaluation portion of rigger training in an onshore industry. It was discovered that the application of eye-nuts were not consistent with their intended use. The task was to install rigging and lift a something using a 4-leg bridle chain with adjustable length l… View Alert
Alert 19 Oct 2023 Un-commanded Lowering of Crane Boom and Hoist Function The crane involved is a StahlProdukter offshore pedestal-mounted rope luffing crane. The installation deck crew were conducting routine deck operations with the Crane. Work was being conducted under routine crane operations permit. The deck crew were in the process of transferring work baskets at t… View Alert
Alert 12 Oct 2023 Parting of Valve Causing Significant Injury Maintenance was planned on a defective valve inside an APV compressor room. Work had been completed, and the valve was changed out. Personnel were in the process of returning the system back online – the isolation valve was opened, causing the valve/fitting to rupture, releasing 300 bar (4,351 psi)… View Alert
Alert 12 Oct 2023 Hand tool Lithium battery fire in moonpool Ongoing operation: Moving BOP by use of BOP transporter after work on BOP. After the BOP transporter was clear of the BOP, a small flame was observed on top of the transporter inside a toolbox, from the moonpool. The BOP transporter was stopped, and the flame was extinguished by using a drill wate… View Alert
Alert 12 Oct 2023 Hand Injury Whilst Using Portable Hand Grinder Task Cutting of gratings to create end strips using a 9-inch hand grinder. The grinder cutting disc disintegrated during useThis caused the grinder to kick and twist in the IPs hands, and for the remnants of the rotating disc to come in to contact with the palm of the IPs left handThis caused a 5… View Alert
Alert 5 Oct 2023 LTI – fingertip pinched by wire sling A rigger suffered a serious injury when his finger got trapped between a sling and one of the forks on a fork-lift truck. The incident occurred when the rigger was installing a steel wire sling on one fork of the fork-lift truck in stand-by, and the fork-lift operator started to lift the fork withou… View Alert
Alert 5 Oct 2023 Serious hand injury during mooring operations A dock worker suffered a serious hand injury during mooring operations. The incident occurred as the vessel was prepared for departure from the berth. The mooring foreman signalled the team to let go, keeping one line on the bollard. The injured person grabbed the rope at the end of the eye near the… View Alert
Alert 5 Oct 2023 LTI – worker fractured arm during mooring line handling A mooring rope (weighing 2.9kg per metre) hit a crew person and caused a broken arm. The incident occurred as crew were preparing to unmoor and move a barge. The operation was proceeding as planned when one of the forward mooring station winches in use tripped out. The mooring crew at the forward st… View Alert