Alert 3 Apr 2025 LTI: Fall from height during FRC maintenance A worker fell 2.3 m to deck from a small boat in the davit, and broke a leg as a result. The incident occurred on a laid-up vessel when workers were re-installing an engine which had been previously removed from the Fast Rescue Boat (FRC). Workers used the crane to lift the engine from the quay int… View Alert
Alert 3 Apr 2025 Near miss: narrowly avoided fall from height due to missing deck gratings After a grating was removed, the Chief Engineer, on the way to inspect the work, nearly fell 4-5m. During a docking, a grating was removed from a mezzanine level in the bow thruster space to allow lifting of machinery components from the bottom plates. Signs and barriers were installed at the bottom… View Alert
Alert 3 Apr 2025 A broken stretcher could have led to injury The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) published Safety Alert 24-09 relating to a broken stretcher. A medevac from a vessel required a patient to be transferred to the hospital. As the patient was being moved to a hospital bed, the stretcher cracked into two pieces with the patient on it. The patient was no… View Alert
Alert 3 Apr 2025 Positive story: Excellent galley hygiene and housekeeping On a walk-around audit, a member highlights very high standards of housekeeping and hygiene in the galley on one of its vessels. A high level of cleanliness was established even in difficult to access places.There was proper segregation by allocation of plastic boxes on shelves in freezers to avoid … View Alert
Alert 2 Apr 2025 Fauna Entanglement The National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority of Australia, NOPSEMA, has published an environmental alert relating to aquatic animals getting tangled up in subsea equipment. During a subsea survey, the operator of a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) noticed a shark cau… View Alert
Alert 28 Mar 2025 Risk of collision with offshore installations from attendant vessels Issue HSE has identified a rise in the number of incidents of attendant ships colliding with offshore oil and gas and renewable energy structures. Failure of navigational watch processes and systems, is resulting in collisions or risk of collisions. Incidents are occurring because: personnel who are… View Alert
Alert 4 Mar 2025 Snagged Lift During a routine lifting operation in the North Sea, the crane operator attempted to lift a heli-fuel tank which became snagged on a nearby container bridle. Both lifts remained suspended over the vessel's main deck for a period while the operator worked to free the snagged load and find a safe loca… View Alert
Alert 4 Mar 2025 Operating Process Equipment - Fire A newly constructed gas gathering network was filled with inert nitrogen gas. During commissioning, methane was introduced at low pressure from the live network to displace the nitrogen gas. This forces the nitrogen gas to vent towards the atmosphere at vents installed throughout the network. A work… View Alert
Alert 4 Mar 2025 Water Storage Reservoir Fatality A worker lost his life while working around a water storage reservoir. The worker was working alone at the time of the event. It is believed that the worker was attempting to collect a water sample from a lined water storage reservoir when they fell into the water. The worker was unable to exit the … View Alert
Alert 3 Mar 2025 MAIB: Step-ladder failure (LTI) A crew member was working while stood on the top step of a small folding stepladder when the step gave way, causing the crew member to fall to the ground. The impact resulted in back and head injuries, leading to a brief loss of consciousness and severe back pain. After medical attention on board, t… View Alert
Alert 3 Mar 2025 MAIB: Vessel cook injured by spillage of burning cooking oil On an offshore support vessel, a cook was deep-frying fish in a shallow-sided gimballed “gyro” frying pan. Unbeknown to the cook the pan’s thermostat was faulty. The oil overheated, started smoking and ignited shortly afterwards. The cook activated the fixed wet chemical fire-extinguishing system. A… View Alert
Alert 3 Mar 2025 Confined space entry hot work fatality A welder entered a 86cm (34”) pipe through a 50cm (20”) opening to check on welding being carried out. He was found unconscious by another worker who had noticed his absence, and called the emergency team. First aid was provided by the shipyard rescue teams and he was then taken to a local hospital,… View Alert