Alert 21 Feb 2023 Disposable Vape Self-Ignition Fire pre-alarm was raised on the Bridge fire detection panel and accepted by the Duty Officer. Phone call immediately received from crew member to the Bridge informing there is an incident with a disposable vape in his cabin, however no immediate danger. Master arrived in bridge and was informed the… View Alert
Alert 16 Feb 2023 Safety Critical Element (SCE) –Passive Fire Protection acceptance of repair materials and methods For: duty holders and application contractors with annual shutdown (turnaround) scheduling and management of change meetings for PFP. Offshore: - Offshore Installation Managers - Offshore Inspection Engineers - Fabric Maintenance Contractors Onshore: - HSE Managers - Technical Safety Engineers - In… View Alert
Alert 14 Feb 2023 Vessel Blackout at Sea Preparations for routine checks on one main engine were ongoing, the vessel Bridge was informed and had confirmed safe distance to all installations in the area. The preparations include activating the engine emergency stop for safety reasons, however the wrong emergency stop was accidentally activa… View Alert
Alert 7 Feb 2023 Dropped scaffold tube and wedge A 2’ scaffold tube with a right angle attached fell 25’ grazing an employee’s left shoulder and knee before landing on the ground in front of them. Findings:It was determined the band and wedge of the right angle had come loose over time due to vibration. Wedge on right angle holding the scaffold tu… View Alert
Alert 31 Jan 2023 Individual fell from height - Anchor Handling The incident occurred while disconnecting the anchor on the starboard side of a vessel. The riser chain was being prepared to be laid into the chain locker for stowage. Both anchor chain lockers were uncovered. The worker went to grab an endless wire sling near the open starboard forward chain locke… View Alert
Alert 31 Jan 2023 Tubular Load Strikes Vessel Light While transferring tubulars from one trailer to another using an onshore crane, the operator lost control of the load and was advised to land the swinging load onto the deck of vessel. In the process of doing this, the load struck one of the vessel lights damaging the bracket. To view, the full Mari… View Alert
Alert 25 Jan 2023 Dropped Object as a result of a Glass Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) Joint Failure Toward the completion of a firewater pump (FWP) performance test, a section of 12” Glass Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) weighing ~260kg, fell 4 metres after its bonded taper fit connections failed. One person was in the room at the time of the incident looking at the engine gauges - he shut down the FWP eng… View Alert
Alert 24 Jan 2023 Dropped Object - Pinch bar slipped out of tool bag During shutdown, a work group arrived at a job site to activate a work permit. When arriving, a worker placed their tool bag down on grid mesh which resulted in a 1.5 kg pinch bar slipping out of the tool bag and falling through a pipe penetration in the grid mesh. The pinch bar fell approximately 2… View Alert
Alert 24 Jan 2023 Scaffold board snapped under scaffolder A team of Scaffolders were tasked with the dismantling of a 4 week old scaffold structure. During the dismantling process, Scaffolder 1 (IP) climbed up onto the Process Gantry to access the platform erected above a pipe rack. As the IP took out the last handrail of the platform, he passed the tube t… View Alert
Alert 4 Jan 2023 Fire to welding return cable in cargo tank During planned hotwork welding activities within a cargo oil tank onboard a floating facility, a small fire was identified to a coupling between two lengths of welding return cable. The coupling was located at approximately 10.5m height from the bottom of the tank. It was noted that the two cabl… View Alert
Learning Moment 16 Dec 2022 Fatal Ammonia Gas Release During the removal of a compressor from a refrigeration system at a brewery, there was a large, uncontrolled release of ammonia.The release killed one contractor and seriously injured another. A further 20 people required medical treatment as a result of exposure.The incident occurred because of a f… View Learning Moment
Alert 5 Dec 2022 Lessons Learned - Reeving Wire Rope Incidents may occur when reeving wire rope. There have been incidents in the past involving cable grip or “snake” equipment release during drill line reeving activities on North Sea Installations. The operation is generally carried out infrequently, e.g. at initial construction and major inspec… View Alert