Alert 4 Nov 2024 Working with Electrical Equipment - Fire A lithium-ion battery used to power smoking (vape) equipment was being charged in an unattended camp room. Heat generated from the battery being charged resulted in a fire. The fire quickly engulfed the plastic chair the charger was placed on and laddered up to plastic blackout curtains and adjacent… View Alert
Alert 4 Nov 2024 Working with Chemicals - Explosion A Rig Manager arrived at a rig-site early in the morning and proceeded to switch on the generator for powering up the site. Approximately 15 minutes later there was an explosion in the Tool House. The blast shifted a loader forward 600mm. Debris was found up to 100m away. At the time of the operatio… View Alert
Alert 4 Nov 2024 Burns from Pot Handling in Galley A cook sustained burns when lifting a pot of boiling water with a tea cloth to strain pasta. The cloth got entangled with a stove bar, causing the pot to tip and spill boiling water on the cook’s arm and hand. The cook treated the burns with cold water and burn gel, but persistent pain led to a shor… View Alert
Alert 4 Nov 2024 Chemical Contact with Cooks Eye During the routine cleaning of the galley after dinner service was complete the vessel cook was using Foaming Oven Cleaner which contained Sodium Hydroxide. He had sprayed the cleaner into the cooker hood, leaving it a while for the cleaner to activate, he then went back to inspect the area that was… View Alert
Alert 4 Nov 2024 Successful rescue of surfer on the open sea The crew of a small pilot boat at sea spotted a surfer in distress. The skipper of the boat approached the area and using the vessel's megaphone communicated with the surfer who acknowledged that he was in distress. The MOB ramp was then deployed so that the surfer could safely board the boat. After… View Alert
Alert 4 Nov 2024 Incident during rig decommissioning leads to fatality Two men were working as demolition operatives, also known as “Top Men”, undertaking the decommissioning and dismantlement of offshore structures which had been brought ashore. The two workers were removing an overhanging piece of metal pipework (known as a skirt pile), weighing in excess of 27 tonne… View Alert
Alert 4 Nov 2024 Dropped sheave and clump weight A high potential dropped object incident occurred when a sheave weighing 204kg fell 64m to deck, and a clump weight weighing 700kg fell onto equipment causing damage. There were no injuries. The incident occurred during routine installation activities for a wind turbine monopile. A spreader bar with… View Alert
Alert 4 Nov 2024 AC vent unit cover dislodged and fell 1.7m On a pipelay tower, the AC cover of a capstan electrical cabinet became detached and fell approximately 1.7 meters. The cover was found resting on a cable attached to the platform and diagonal tubular brace. There were no injuries. However, there was potential risk to individuals working nearby. Our… View Alert
Alert 4 Nov 2024 Main Crane failure during load test While performing the overload load test at maximum load plus 10% on a heavy lifting offshore crane, a major failure occurred. At maximum load, the crane main block wires broke and the testing load (two cargo barges) fell, along with the main block, into the water. As a result of the loss of load, th… View Alert
Alert 31 Oct 2024 Driving - Loss of Load A truck carrying a load of cardboard cartons arrived at a regional supply base. Each carton weighed about 22kg. The total load weighed approximately 470kg. Upon arrival at the supply base it was noticed that the load had shifted during transit, with cartons partially spread across the deck of the t… View Alert
Alert 31 Oct 2024 Poor Equipment Design & Human Error Electro-magnetic on magdrill accidently turned off, which released the tool from its position and entrapped the operator’s hand between the tool and bottom joining plate. Poor ergonomic design of button controls enables an easy and mistaken pressing of the wrong button. Above each button is a symbo… View Alert
Alert 28 Oct 2024 Damage to Wireline Unit During Supply Boat Operations Whilst backloading a container to a supply vessel using the platform crane, it touched down to the supply vessel deck, a secured door unexpectedly opened on the container and then the stern deck of the supply vessel immediately dropped. When the vessel came back up, the door impacted an adjacent pip… View Alert