Tag: accident reports

According to IMCA, two articulated lorries with 20’ trailers were organised to move equipment, including lifeboat davits, a power-pack, winches and sheave blocks, from one location to another. However, the load of one of the trailers feel as it was inadequately secured. The equipment did not sustain any other serious damages.

IMCA reported an incident where an intermediate bulk container was dropped from a crane to deck. The incident happened when a vessel crane was being used with a certified lifting device to lift and move an IBC containing 1000kg of monoethylene glycol. The IBC fell about 3.5 metres to the deck and burst open, spilling the contents.

IMCA reported two near miss incidents involving potential dropped objects. The objects were left on top of a temporary buoyancy module during the installation of a tension leg platform. In the first incident, two subsea lamps were on top of the TBM and in the second a rigging crew reported a wire cable retaining pin lying loose on top a TBM.

IMCA informs about a riser that moved unexpectedly away from the vessel. The incident occurred during the deployment of a production riser from a hang-off frame located starboard aft. IMCA said that the causes of the incident were a lack of risk perception and the failure to follow procedures.

The Marine Safety Forum informed about a near miss when during routine operations using a platform crane to transfer a bulk hose between a platform and a platform supply vessel, a worker got caught in the rigging and was lifted off of the deck by the crane. The AB did not sustain any injuries from this incident.

The US National Transportation Safety Board announced on Tuesday, June 6 the probable cause of the fire onboard the Ro-Ro passenger vessel Caribbean Fantasy. Namely, on August 17, 2016, fire broke out onboard the auto and passenger vessel Caribbean Fantasy, because of leaking fuel that contacted a hot surface in the ship’s engine room.

The NTSB issued an investigation report on the collision and sinking of the towing vessel 'Todd Brow', in the Lower Mississippi River, in April 2017, which led to an estimated $1.5 million damage and a release of approximately 100 gallons of diesel fuel into the water.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada issued an investigation report on the grounding of articulated tug-barge composed of the tug' Nathan E. Stewart' and the tank barge 'DBL 55', resulting in the barge's sinking and an oil discharge into the water. The report indicated fatigue as the key cause of the accident. 

The UK Health & Safety Executive issued a report about a company that has been fined after an employee got injured when he was hit by a steel plate that fell from a crane, on 10 December 2015. The company has been fined £32,000 and ordered to pay costs of £3444.80 and a victim surcharge of £120.00.

The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers published an alert of a failure of strain-hardened Type 304 stainless steel bolts. The failure happened at an offshore facility during a pneumatic leak test of gas piping exiting a test separator. The failure has been attributed to chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking.