Lessons learned: Ensure that sufficient slack is allowed when handling mooring lines
IMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, a deckhand injured the fingers on his right hand during mooring operations.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, a deckhand injured the fingers on his right hand during mooring operations.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, the lid on a waste container barrel blew off due to a build-up of excessive pressure within the waste container, caused by hot ash being deposited inside.
Read moreIMCA provides lessons learned from an incident in which, a section of Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) grating on a vessel dislodged and dropped to sea.
Read moreThe International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which, during diving operations at an FPU (floating production unit), the forward thruster was isolated, and the turret locked, in line with diving isolation procedures.
Read moreAccording to International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), the UK Health and Safety Executive (HSE) have issued a press release relating to a case where an employee was severely injured after batteries weighing at least 300kg fell onto him.
Read moreThe International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which, at the end of a saturation dive, a main bell wire was damaged by the proximity switch bracket (chandelier) being picked up by a single broken strand on the main bell wire rope.
Read moreThe International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which, a person collapsed at a workshop facility due to a non-work related, pre-existing medical condition.
Read moreThe International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which, a main bell wire rope sample from a DSV failed to an adequate safety factor after 245 bell runs since installation.
Read moreThe International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which, watertight doors that ought have been secured shut, were observed open. It’s worth reiterating the importance of watertight doors – the clue is in the name.
Read moreThe International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) provides lessons learned from an incident in which, a chemical tank, partly filled with Monoethylene Glycol (MEG), imploded on the back deck of a vessel, resulting in a spillage of around two cubic metres of MEG to the back deck and to sea, and unrepairable damage to the tank itself.
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