Tag: IMCA

IMCA reported a number of serious control of work related accidents and near misses, in which a common cause across them all was seen to be assumptions being made without verification checks being performed. 

Providing lessons learned, IMCA describes a man overboard incident from a tug.

IMCA informs about an incident where, a chain hoist failure resulted in a chain link breaking which caused an 800kg load to fall to deck.

In its latest safety flash, IMCA describes an incident where a failure of a “Chinese Finger” took place.

IMCA provides lessons learned from an incident that involved damage to bulwarks, during the overboarding of a mattress stack using a mattress frame.

As IMCA informs a person got struck when anchor wire end pulled free of drum clamps. After the accident, IMCA provided lessons learned.

In its latest safety flash, IMCA focuses on lost Time Injuries due to a failed mooring line.

IMCA published a ‘Global Specialist Offshore Support Vessel Market Overview’ report highlighting the risks to the US offshore energy industry, should the crewing legislation, referred to as the American Offshore Workers Fairness Act, be passed into law by the US Senate.

According to IMCA an engineer suffered a minor electrical shock while troubleshooting a faulty 690V electric motor.

IMCA informs about an incident where a scratched elbow turned into a Lost time injury (LTI).