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
Alert 18 Aug 2023 LTI - Person fractured pelvis in a fall from a ladder A crew person suffered a fractured pelvis falling 4-5 metres from a temporary access ladder onboard a cargo vessel. The ladder was installed at a previous equipment mobilisation following realisation that the permanent access / egress hatches to the cargo hold had been blocked. The ladder was secure… View Alert
Alert 17 Aug 2023 Caught between: unplanned movement of equipment leads to severe injuries A mechanic was caught in the door of a freight container by a tipped-over hose saddle weighing 3 tonnes. The incident occurred when a team was performing maintenance works to a hydraulic spread on deck. A mechanic, who was not involved with these works, passed by the hose saddle, and entered a near… View Alert
Alert 27 Jul 2023 Dropped Object in Drydock Whilst in drydock the vessel underwent a flag change. As part of that change, all lifebuoys needed to be remarked with the new port of registry. As the day’s first job, the Chief Officer instructed the deck crew to collect all the lifebuoys. An AB attempted to retrieve the port side man overboard (… View Alert