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
Alert 5 Oct 2023 Rope access technician slipped and dislocated shoulder A rope access technician sustained an injury to the right shoulder while accessing the vessel transom port-side platform, following buoyancy module pad retrieval from the pipe string. Upon reaching the buoy loader area, the rope access technician climbed on top of the platform handrail, lost grip wh… View Alert
Alert 5 Oct 2023 Unsafe flooring led to man overboard fatality On a jackup rig in transit, a crew member was reported missing, believed to have gone overboard. The missing crew member finished their shift at 18:00 and was last seen just after 19:00. During the investigation it was identified that a section of polymer grating outside an accommodation door, used … View Alert
Alert 28 Sept 2023 What are you doing to ensure appropriate rescue plans are in place for retrieving an injured person(s) from work areas that have limited access/egress? Crew members were involved in the manual handling and storage of a large bunker hose when a member of the work party slipped on spilt oily material, resulting in a broken leg.The area where the worker slipped was an isolated spot that did not have any grating in place, and the area was contaminated … View Alert
Alert 20 Sept 2023 UK HSE – worker struck in the face by a crane hook The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has fined a manufacturer after an employee lost an eye when he was struck in the face by a crane hook. The worker was attempting to free a paper reel, which had become stuck on the exit rails of a paper machine, by using an overhead crane. During the operatio… View Alert
Alert 20 Sept 2023 Hazards to Personnel During Lifting Operations The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 468 relating to “red zone” or LINE OF FIRE hazards and increased risk during lifting operations. BSEE defines “red zone” hazards, as hazards that “occur when a worker is in the direct path of an objec… View Alert
Alert 20 Sept 2023 Finger Injury while setting up pipe cutting operation A crew member was setting up a pipe cutting machine in a vertical position to cut welding that was done on a jumper for repair, when they suffered a finger injury. The crew member opened a supply valve on an air caddy with his left hand, while his right hand was on a scaffold tube supporting the equ… View Alert
Alert 20 Sept 2023 Fall from pilot ladder A Chief Officer slipped and fell from a pilot ladder onto a lifeboat, suffering minor bruising. The incident occurred on a vessel which was coming to the end of ten days spent alongside in a shipyard. The crew were performing a last pre-departure mandatory drill, which was a man overboard recovery w… View Alert