Alert 1 Dec 2023 High potential near miss: Dropped Paraguard stretcher during drill During a rescue from height /evacuation drill within the top of the main crane pedestal, a Paraguard stretcher (12kg) slipped out from the dummy and fell approximately. 50m to the crane winch room below. The incident occurred just as the descent was starting. The area below the drill was a restrict… View Alert
Alert 1 Dec 2023 High potential near miss: Crane part fell to deck During a vessel transit during which the crane was unused in its boom rest, a crew member observed a piece of metal debris lying under the crane boom tip. It was discovered that one of the three Crane Whip Line Block Catcher Limit Switches (3.6kg) had fallen off and had fallen 6.5m to the deck. Ther… View Alert
Alert 30 Nov 2023 Empty bunded COSHH storage container toppled in high winds During high winds, a bunded COSHH Storage Container being held at an onshore storage yard toppled over. As it fell it struck a concrete barrier and caused damage to the unit sliding doors. The incident was captured on CCTV. Findings: • There were no persons in the area at the time container top… View Alert
Alert 15 Nov 2023 HSE - Radiograph duplication and falsification This safety alert highlights that the non-destructive testing (NDT) process is vulnerable to tampering. HSE and other regulators have investigated several instances where NDT has been falsified. In particular, radiographic images of welds have been falsely obtained or tampered with, including: dupli… View Alert
Alert 9 Nov 2023 Dropped Lightning Rod A lighting rod conductor mounted on top of a dynamic gangway tower for a Walk-to-Walk vessel was found lying on the deck below the tower. No personnel onboard the vessel observed or heard the object fall. The potential for serious injury existed due to: the location of the dropped area (deck is … View Alert
Alert 9 Nov 2023 Potential Dropped Object 4kg Shackle left on top of a backloaded mud skip. After removing the lashings from backloaded cargo to be ready for discharge in port, a large 4kg shackle was placed on top of a mud skip by vessel crew and was forgotten about with the unit subsequently being discharged to shore. One day later the q… View Alert
Alert 2 Nov 2023 Fire in ROV Workshop A crew member noticed smoke coming from the ROV workshop and reported a fire. To view this IMCA safety alert in full, click the 'Download Alert' button above and refer to section 5 of the document. View Alert
Alert 2 Nov 2023 Fire-fighting equipment in poor condition Several 50kg wheeled dry powder fire extinguishers on board a vessel were found to have low pressure and heavy signs of corrosion. This was discovered during an audit walk-around by shore-based personnel. Fire extinguishers being absolutely crucial safety equipment on a vessel, they should be maint… View Alert
Alert 2 Nov 2023 Fire extinguisher fails during pressure testing A member reports a recent incident involving the failure of a 5kg CO2 fire extinguisher during hydrostatic pressure testing. The extinguisher, rated to 200bar, was being tested to a pressure of 300bar. The incident occurred when the test pressure reached 196 bar. The extinguisher was 13 years old. N… View Alert
Alert 2 Nov 2023 Serious LTI - Person struck in rigging accident During the loading of subsea hatch covers onto a vessel, a member of the rigging crew was struck and badly injured by a 55 Te shackle connected to a steel wire sling and fibre lifting sling, which formed part of the lifting arrangement used to lift the covers. The hatch cover was safely landed on de… View Alert
Alert 2 Nov 2023 Near miss: dropped object during lifeboat testing During launch testing of a lifeboat, a turnbuckle and shackle weighing 7kg fell 23m from the davit onto the boat, landing within a metre of a worker hooking up the falls at the lifeboat hatch. The worker was physically unharmed; there was some cosmetic damage to the lifeboat. To view this IMCA safet… View Alert
Alert 2 Nov 2023 Dropped Metal Wedge A pin was required to be pulled on a hinge system for the dynamic gangway system on a walk-2-walk 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 space limitations, the effects of surfa… View Alert