Alert 28 Jan 2026 IMCA: Dropped GRP cover during subsea lifting A vessel was lifting and relocating a Pipe Line End Manifold (PLEM) GRP Top Cover when the load became detached and dropped approx. 7m. To view this IMCA alert in full and download the Step Change in Safety Verifications of Learning and Feedback Form, click 'Download Alert' button above. View Alert
Learning Moment 28 Jan 2026 No Falls Week 18th - 22nd May 2026 Falls from height are the leading cause of work place fatalities in the UKFigures from HSE show 35 people lost their lives due to a fall from height in 2024/2025Fall from height were responsible for all workplace deaths Find out more about No Falls Week 2026 Sign up to 'Get Involved' in No Falls Wee… View Learning Moment
Alert 22 Jan 2026 Marine Safety Forum: Daughter craft grounding Whilst sitting outside of Port a Daughter Craft (DC) Crew were tasked to enter Port to collect a marine assessor and a number of mannequins to facilitate the conducting of validation trials later that morning, prior to the mother vessel entering Port for the scheduled crew change. Whilst the DC wa… View Alert
Alert 22 Jan 2026 Safe Together: Working at height - dropped water bottle A rope access technician working at height on a communications tower stopped work to allow two workers to enter the Restricted Zone below to perform visual checks at ground level. While waiting, the rope access technician reached for their tethered water bottle to move it. They unhooked one clip o… View Alert
Alert 21 Jan 2026 Energy Safety Canada: Drill pipe slides off truck bed A truck was leaving a drilling location with its first load of drill pipe. Site egress involved navigating a slope. As the truck exited the lease, the load shifted and the drill pipe slid off the truck bed. The pipe jammed into the ground as it slid backward, preventing the load from fully leavi… View Alert
Alert 21 Jan 2026 Energy Safety Canada: Service rig brake linkage mechanical failure The crew was in the process of unseating the downhole pump on a service rig. To do this, the crew was cleared from the floor and remained at a safe distance. The driller was on the rig floor at the driller’s pad, attempting to unseat the pump using fiberglass rods. While the driller was worki… View Alert
Alert 21 Jan 2026 MSF: Fast Rescue Craft (FRC) Maintenance - High Potential Near Miss A vessel was conducting a change out of lifting slings on one of their Fast Rescue craft (FRC), they had just completed this job on the Starboard FRC and had now moved to the Port FRC. This was a job that had been conducted many times at sea before, and it all appeared to be going well. It was durin… View Alert
Alert 8 Jan 2026 IMCA: BSEE Anchor-handling causes damage to subsea equipment and triggers gas release The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 508 on 30 September 2025. What happened? The United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published Safety Alert 508 on 30 September 2025, relating to a gas-release inciden… View Alert
Alert 6 Jan 2026 IMCA: Man overboard in port - Seaman falls from quay access ladder A crew member fell overboard during operations alongside. The incident occurred while a crane was being used to unload a smaller waste container on the vessel to a larger one on the quay. To access the quay from the vessel, it was necessary to use a fixed ladder on the wall of the quay. This was in… View Alert
Alert 6 Jan 2026 IMCA: LTI - Leg injury while using hand-held grinder A worker suffered a leg injury whilst using a hand-held grinder. The incident occurred when the worker was cutting wood with a wood-cutting disc installed. On the third cut, the grinder slipped from his hand, fell to the floor, and bounced back, hitting his right calf. The worker’s supervisor was… View Alert
Alert 6 Jan 2026 IMCA: Dropped object - Bailout cylinder inside diving bell During bell preparations for saturation diving operations, an incident occurred within the vessel’s saturation system. What happened? While conducting routine bell checks, a bailout set that had not been correctly secured slipped from its stowed position inside the bell. As the bellman positioned … View Alert
Alert 6 Jan 2026 IMCA: Two walk-to-work (W2W) gangway incidents A member reports two related incidents involving Walk-to-Work gangways: Incident 1: Uncontrolled movement of W2W gangway / collision with crane Incident 2: Telescopic W2W gangway not retracting properly. To view this IMCA alert in full and download the Step Change in Safety Verifications of Learning… View Alert