Alert 13 Oct 2025 Energy Safety Canada: Slimhole tubing string - Dropped Object Workers pulled 73 mm production tubing from the well. After changing the rams, slip dies and elevators, the rams were pressure tested. Rental slimhole elevators were used to remove the tubing hanger and pup joint for a sizing check. After tallying the pipes and inspecting the work spool, they began … View Alert
Alert 30 Sept 2025 MSF - The dangers of enclosed spaces It is estimated that around 350 seafarers and 3rd party workers have been killed due to asphyxiation in enclosed spaces on ships since 1996. 43 accidents have occurred since 2022, accounting for 70 of these deaths. An enclosed space is a space which is not designed for continuous worker occupancy a… View Alert
Alert 30 Sept 2025 Loading / unloading vessel - Loss of containment A loss of containment occurred from the loading arm quick connect/disconnect (QC/DC) coupling when disconnecting the Butane liquid loading arm from a receiving LPG vessel. Two personnel and two ship crew were in the immediate vicinity and were enveloped in a hydrocarbon vapour cloud. After remov… View Alert
Alert 30 Sept 2025 Swollen Laptop Battery - Fire Risk Whilst installing a program onto a spare laptop, the engineer noticed that the keyboard was bulging (Image A). This is a typical sign of battery swelling inside the laptop. The swelling of the battery is caused by gas build-up from internal battery degradation, which can lead to fire or toxic gas r… View Alert
Alert 30 Sept 2025 ST-80 Cylinder Failure Causes Lower Leg Fracture The crew was in the process of pushing liner to bottom. After completing the first connection of heavy weight drill pipe, the Floor Hand was moving the ST-80 (iron roughneck) back to its parked position. While maneuvering the ST-80, the extend/retract hydraulic duplex cylinder suddenly failed. T… View Alert
Alert 30 Sept 2025 Potentially Serious Incident - Dropped Electrical Phase While completing annual preventative maintenance on a de-energized vertically mounted overhead isolation switch, an Electrician attempted to close the switch when one phase broke free and fell approximately 14ft. The load side of the switch was connected by cabling, resulting in the broken phase swi… View Alert
Alert 30 Sept 2025 Corrosion of Flowline An impermeable insulation was fitted to a flowline as a coating repair. This repair trapped moisture underneath it leading to corrosion. Findings: The assessment that identified the coating repair as suitable did not identify that the flowlines known movement would compromise the coatings seal once … View Alert
HVL 4 Sept 2025 Brittle Failure of Valve Body Bolting on Dublok Double Block Ball Valves A UKCS asset has revealed multiple brittle fracture failures to the body bolting on Dublok DBB valves since 2023. None of the failures to date have resulted in process release due to the remaining bolting providing sufficient redundancy in body integrity. Had the bolting failures exceeded the avai… View Learning
HVL 4 Sept 2025 High Value Learning: Surface Preparation on Live Lines (SPOLL) also known as Blasting on Live Lines (BOLL) View Learning
Alert 1 Sept 2025 Gas Turbine Small Bore Fitting Failure A fuel gas leak occurred in gas turbine enclosure. Forced ventilation was functional at the time and the point of detection was inside the enclosure via fixed gas detectors but was below trip level at the time the gas turbine was shut down in a controlled manner. There were no injuries to people o… View Alert
Alert 22 Aug 2025 IMCA - Head injury in engine room A Chief Engineer sustained a head laceration injury. What happened? A Chief Engineer sustained a head laceration injury after accidentally striking his head on the sharp edge of a lighting protection grille rod installed at a height of 168cm in the engine room. To view this IMCA alert in full, click… View Alert
Alert 22 Aug 2025 IMCA - Injury sustained while operating steel lifting magnet While preparing to transfer steel plates using a steel lifting magnet, a crew person was injured. What happened? The crew person attempted to adjust a magnet by releasing a locking lever that was located low and far from their reach. As they adjusted the lever, it recoiled suddenly because of the … View Alert