Alert 22 Aug 2023 MSF: person injured falling between decks The injured person fell approximately 2m from A-deck to the port chain chute on the main deck. The injured person was conscious but disoriented and had a small cut to the head. First aid was given and the person was transferred to hospital. The injured person suffered one broken vertebrae, several b… View Alert
Alert 22 Aug 2023 Near miss with high pressure gas due to incorrect procedures A crew narrowly avoided potentially serious problems with a high pressure gas supply by stopping and thinking things through. The near miss occurred whilst a crew were setting up for pigging of high pressure gas mains lines. A change to the flow configuration on two high-pressure gas mains to test f… View Alert
Alert 22 Aug 2023 Electrocution incident – make sure electrical equipment is safe! A vessel cook received a mains electric shock when he simultaneously touched a metal bain-marie (the metal electrically heated serving containers commonly used in messrooms) AND the messroom service window with both of his hands. The cook received first aid onboard; the incident was classified as… View Alert
Alert 22 Aug 2023 High potential: dropped chain assembly A chain assembly weighing 2.3kg fell 10m to deck, just glancing the helmet but potentially causing fatal injuries to a worker below. The incident occurred during lowering of a two-legged chain and a soft sling. The sling was flapping around due to the wind (9 m/s) and got caught on a railing. The ho… View Alert
Alert 22 Aug 2023 Unexpected Descent and Ascent of Mattress Lifting Frame A subsea load close to working divers started moving with no intervention from the crane operator. The incident occurred during movement of concrete mattresses using a mattress handling frame and the Main Crane. The frame was held with the vessel crane set-up in Active Heave Compensation (AHC) mode,… View Alert
Alert 22 Aug 2023 Dropped Object from Offshore Platform to Supply Vessel During routine supply vessel operations, an Offshore Platform deck crew member was tasked with establishing barriers for safe lifting of cargo onto the platforms weather deck. On extraction of the fixed barrier tape the handle was observed to eject from the mechanism and fall, eventually landing 45m… View Alert
Alert 22 Aug 2023 Operating a Vessel - Person Overboard A tender was being used to transfer personnel from a tugboat to an offshore mooring point (calm buoy). The tender was pushing upagainst the calm buoy ladder, and as the last person stepped off,the tender slipped off the ladder and surged forward. Consequently,the Coxswain lost balance and fell into … View Alert
Alert 21 Aug 2023 Near Miss during Garbage Compactor Backload During cargo operations at an offshore installation a waste garbage compactor unit was being lowered to the deck of a Platform Supply Vessel (PSV). During the lifting operation the door opened slightly, resulting in a small quantity of garbage being spilled onto the deck of the PSV. Fortunately, t… View Alert
Alert 21 Aug 2023 Trailer detached from moving vehicle During heavy vehicle transit, a tri axle tag trailer carrying a padfoot road roller detached from a truck while travelling on a highway. The detached trailer travelled into the opposite traffic lane, striking the guard rail on the opposite side of the road before coming to a stop in the middle of th… View Alert
Alert 18 Aug 2023 MSF – two recent dropped object incidents Incident 1: What happened A breakaway coupling became a dropped object. It fell unnoticed to deck on a semi-submersible accommodation vessel. Later investigation identified where the breakaway coupling had fallen from. Another coupling was found with early signs of failure, with one of the breakaway… View Alert
Alert 18 Aug 2023 CHIRP: Crew vigilance prevents mooring incident CHIRP – the Confidential Human Factors Incident Reporting Programme – has shared an event in which the careful vigilance of vessel crew prevented a mooring incident. A long, low-amplitude swell was causing a steady yawing and rolling motion of up to around 1.2m from the wharf on a 93,000-tonne deadw… View Alert
Alert 18 Aug 2023 Unplanned rotation of drilling machinery A large diameter subsea drill had completed drilling operations and was returned to the vessel’s deck for planned maintenance. Part of the maintenance programme required the drill support system to be energised. As the system was energised, the drill bit unexpectedly started rotating for around 40 s… View Alert