Alert 5 Jan 2024 LTI - Finger crush whilst operating safety gate A crew member got his finger trapped in a hinged fall protection bar on a crane pedestal platform, causing a serious injury. The crew member was climbing the main crane vertical ladder; when he reached the top of the ladder, he used his right hand to raise the hinged fall protection bar to gain acce… View Alert
Alert 5 Jan 2024 Two Hand Injuries A member reports two hand injuries. Incident 1: As a Pilot climbed the vessel's access hatch to the under-deck passage, his backpack straps entangled with the hatch retaining bar. A sudden release of the hatch caused it to abruptly close, causing pain and swelling to the Pilot's right-hand knuckle… View Alert
Alert 5 Jan 2024 Failure of personal isolation procedures: crane damaged when it was used inappropriately On a vessel in dry dock, a crane, which had been isolated for many days for work to be conducted by a third party, was used by crew unaware that the crane was out of use for maintenance. The crane was damaged as a result, leading to increased maintenance time and cost. A “personal” isolation of the… View Alert
Alert 5 Jan 2024 Line of fire near miss during lifting operations A member of the deck crew member put themselves in the line of fire during landing of a structure on the back deck of a vessel. The installation aids (bumper bars) were insufficient to stabilise the load, resulting in the structure being landed narrowly missing the individual, and damaging an adjac… View Alert
Alert 11 Dec 2023 Maintaining Process Equipment - Loss of Containment A maintenance worker was instructed to reduce bolt a flange join on a heat exchanger shell. This was in the work scope and documented in the work permit. The worker set up their work area and then commenced work on the wrong heat exchanger shell, which was live. An operator noticed that work was p… View Alert
Alert 11 Dec 2023 Chemical Handling – Eye Burn Vessel’s engineer was preparing equipment for treating fuel tanks with biocide. Correct PPE was used for the job, and a toolbox talk was carried out. A portable pneumatic pump was in use for this job. During checks of the pump, a small splash/spray was released from the hose, at the same time the In… View Alert
Alert 1 Dec 2023 Case study: saturation diver fatality due to hydrogen sulphide The incident happened on board a vessel operating in an offshore oil field, on a long charter for carrying out inspection, maintenance and repair duties. An oil leak was discovered in one of the main 36-inch (91cm) diameter subsea lines carrying sour crude. The vessel was directed to proceed to the… View Alert
Alert 1 Dec 2023 Failure of proportional valve in saturation chamber control There was a failure during saturation diving operations. There were no injuries to personnel nor damage to equipment, but time was lost. The automatic control system for the hyperbaric chamber detected that there was a proportional valve command/feedback discrepancy and stopped pressure control of t… View Alert
Alert 1 Dec 2023 Compressed air rather than oxygen supplied to divers Several divers were affected and two divers became ill when compressed air rather than oxygen was supplied to them by mistake on their BIBS (Built in Breathing System). The error caused two lymphatic/skin decompression illnesses and incorrect decompression profile for several other divers. To view t… View Alert
Alert 1 Dec 2023 Positive: Master stopped unsafe fuel transfer whilst vessel alongside rig During fuel transfer operations alongside a semi-submersible rig, the officer on watch on the supply vessel PSV observed welding work being undertaken on the deck of the rig. The vessel bridge immediately communicated this information to the rig control room using VHF, challenging why bunkering and… View Alert
Alert 1 Dec 2023 Vehicle incident – driver tiredness On completion of work on a project site, a company team were driving back to their home base. Approximately 1hr 45mins into the journey the driver started to feel tired, however he continued to drive onto the scheduled rest stop, approximately 10 km away. Prior to reaching the rest stop the vehicle … View Alert
Alert 1 Dec 2023 Failure of AHC cylinder causing oil leak to deck A hydraulic cylinder on an Automatic Heave Compensated crane failed. The incident occurred when an offshore vessel was engaged in the installation of a jumper line in 690m of water. The vessel was stood off at a safe distance from a drill centre; the crane was stationary at the time and waiting in A… View Alert