Alert 22 Aug 2025 IMCA - Shore-side cane boom collides with vessel mast During shipyard lifting operations, the boom of a dock crane made contact with the vessel mast. What happened? As a result of the collision, a wind sensor and GPS sensor were dislodged and fell to deck. Additionally, a fixing clamp was later found on the main deck, approximately30m away.This was a h… View Alert
Alert 14 Aug 2025 IMCA - Diver reports unwell post-dive non-decompression illness What happened? The incident occurred after the 50 year old diver undertook a dive to 87 feet with a bottom time of 31 minutes. The diver was decompressed on a USN rev 7. 90/33 'freetime dive’ and reported well upon surfacing. About one hour later, on deck, the diver called out for attention reportin… View Alert
Alert 14 Aug 2025 IMCA Brazil: Diver crippled for life after decompression illness A regional court in São Paulo, Brazil, has upheld the joint conviction of a diving company and an electrical energy company for a work accident suffered by a diver who lost strength in his upper limbs and the ability to move, requiring permanent use of a wheelchair. The judgement – in Brazilian P… View Alert
HVL 12 Aug 2025 Offshore Deluge Systems - Updated Link to HSE Inspection Guide Who could be interested in this? Professionals involved in Process Safety Leadership, Asset Integrity Management, Operations & Maintenance, and Health & Safety. What is this all about? Active Fire Protection (AFP) is a critical safeguard across offshore installations, designed to protect per… View Learning
Alert 12 Aug 2025 HSE Safety Notice - Motion compensated gangways auto-retraction HSE safety notice issued: motion compensated gangways auto-retraction Power failure or control system error can cause the unplanned retraction of motion compensated gangways (MCGs) typically used in the offshore industry. These incidents pose a serious risk to operators and users. There continues t… View Alert
Alert 11 Aug 2025 MSF - Burn to arm from contact with tumble dryer A crew member suffered a minor burn on the left lower arm when reaching into a tumble dryer and making contact with the frame around the door. The crew member opened the tumble dryer, before it had finished the program, and therefore not completed the cooling down session. The manual for the tumble… View Alert
Alert 6 Aug 2025 Safer Together - Lifting - Person in line of fire An unexpected shift of casings occurred while offloading them from a vessel. The vessel was in position under the port crane and cargo operations commenced with three crew members on deck. The first two lifts were successfully completed. When preparing for the crane hook to come down for the third … View Alert
Alert 6 Aug 2025 Lifejacket Purge Prevention Cap During Helicopter operations a shared flight landed on helideck. Passengers from another platform were reboarding the helicopter after a refuel, the HDA observed 1 of the passengers still had a purge prevention cap on their life jacket. These caps are fitted when they are in the transport bags and … View Alert
Alert 5 Aug 2025 IMCA - Container door opened during transit A third-party workshop container containing equipment was offloaded from a vessel. Whilst in transit back to the supplier the truck driver noticed the container door swing open whilst the truck was moving. The truck driver was able to pull over safely and proceeded to secure the container door with … View Alert
Alert 5 Aug 2025 IMCA - Dive chamber procedures and operations Following a surface decompression dive to 32m on air, the diver entered the outer lock of the decompression chamber within the allotted surface interval. The chamber operator recompressed the diver in the outer lock of the chamber to 15m. Two minutes after reaching depth, the chamber operator starte… View Alert
Alert 5 Aug 2025 IMCA - Near Miss - High voltage ace inside tether termination manifold A high voltage arc occurred inside a ROV tether termination manifold. The ROV HPU Breaker tripped during the return of the ROV to the TMS. Initial investigation into the trip was conducted and findings indicated no hard fault was present. The ROV crew performed a reset of the breakers and restarted … View Alert
Alert 5 Aug 2025 IMCA - Diver sustains laceration to hand The incident occurred during air/nitrox diving at 18m depth. A diver was assigned to retrieve tooling from the forward downline, which had over 2m of slack to accommodate vessel movement. The tooling was dispatched via the messenger but exceeded the acceptable depth range within the dive table due … View Alert