Alert 21 Oct 2024 Lifting - Person in Line of Fire A 60 metre, 3-inch diameter bunkering hose was being uncoiled by lifting one end with a crane at an offshore processing facility. During this activity, the hose parted at the breakaway coupling in the middle of the hose. The upper half remained attached to the crane whip (auxiliary) line via the ho… View Alert
Alert 21 Oct 2024 Inappropriate automatic activation of fixed fire-fighting system The fixed firefighting system in the engine room on a harbour tug automatically activated and all the gas in the tanks emptied. This occurred after two consecutive blackouts on the tug within 24 hours. No-one was harmed. To view this IMCA safety alert in full, click the 'Download Alert' button above… View Alert
Alert 21 Oct 2024 Safety pins left in fire suppression system – high potential near miss The incident occurred following a major refit / dry docking. The vessel departed port and sailed to its area of operation to complete the works and prepare for being commercially available. On arrival, the Flag State carried out an inspection of the vessel and found that all of the CO2 bottles for t… View Alert
Alert 21 Oct 2024 Urgent inspection of pressurised carbon dioxide fire fighting systems Coins were found inserted into CO2 fire fighting cylinders. During a 10-year third party specialist inspection of a vessel CO2 fire suppression system, coins of Chinese manufacture were found inserted in 21 out of 24 main 45 kg CO2 cylinders. These coins were found blanketing high-pressure hoses, po… View Alert
Alert 21 Oct 2024 Smoke and fire on Main Engine Exhaust During sea trials following a docking period, smoke and fire were observed coming from the turbocharger flange to the exhaust manifold of one of the engines. To view this IMCA safety alert in full, click the 'Download Alert' button above and refer to section 2 of the document. View Alert
Alert 21 Oct 2024 Fire in engine room A fire occurred in the engine room of a vessel during operations. The fire was first detected by a duty crew member, and the watch team immediately attempted to extinguish it using portable fire extinguishers. Unfortunately, these efforts were not successful, and the fire rapidly escalated. The fir… View Alert
Alert 8 Oct 2024 Vessel Stretcher Breakage A medevac from a vessel required the patient to be transferred to the hospital. The patient was to be moved from the stretcher (images below) to a hospital bed which was in the incline position. The stretcher was placed at the head of the bed on a diagonal until the head of the bed could be lowered.… View Alert
Alert 4 Oct 2024 Loading & Unloading - Person Fall From Height A drill pad build crew requested a water cart to come to site and refill a water pod on the back of the crew’s truck tray. When the water cart arrived at site it parked next to the tray truck. The operator of the water cart connected a 50mm hose to the rear of the water cart. The hose was given to o… View Alert
Alert 4 Oct 2024 Laceration to right index finger The worker was entering a workshop container located on deck. They opened the door with their right hand and stepped inside holding the door with their right hand to close it behind him. As the door closed, the wind and the movement of the vessel combined to cause the door to close more quickly than… View Alert
Alert 4 Oct 2024 Injury to little finger A worker suffered an injury whilst painting an auxiliary winch drum following maintenance. While performing this work a wooden beam was used to prevent the drum from turning freely. Two painters, along with their supervisor, inspected their work area and conducted a toolbox talk before beginning to … View Alert
Alert 4 Oct 2024 Tampering with approved safety devices During a client inspection, the sight glass on a vessel main engine lubricating oil storage tank was found to have been fitted with an unauthorised and homemade ‘clamp’. An unauthorised ‘clamp’ was installed on the storage tank without any consideration for the potential consequences. This clamp kep… View Alert
Alert 3 Oct 2024 Fall from height injury at container port The UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has prosecuted a logistics company after a worker fell over 10 metres and sustained serious injuries. The worker fell through an open hole in the driver’s cab of a straddle carrier, landing on the concrete floor below. The hole had been created by contractors… View Alert