Tag: lessons learned

A recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on an incident in which a chief engineer suffered minor injuries in a battery explosion when disconnecting a cable from the battery, to provedie lessons learned.

A recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on a member's report of several cases of hot work and other activities being conducted by contractors on a vessel hull during dry dock/maintenance activities, in which the work was not fully or appropriately under the control of vessel management, to provide lessons learned.

A recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on a Safety Report 452, published by the United States Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) relating to a high-potential dropped object incident on a Gulf of Mexico energy facility, to provide lessons learned.

IMCA informs of an accident where a crew member suffered a crushed index finger during manual handling of heavy equipment, to provide lessons learned.

A recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on an incident in which an electrician was crushed and severely injured while working on a watertight door on a vessel, to provide lessons learned. 

A recent IMCA Safety Flash focuses on an incident in which a crew member injured his finger while opening an emergency fire flap, to provide lessons learned.

In a recent IMCA Safety Flash, a crew member's carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning during oxy-acetylene brazing is highlighted, to draw lessons learned.

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), a Safety Flash on a person struck by Yokohama fender, to draw lessons learned. 

At the time of the accident, the crew were transferring the dunnage stowed on the starboard side main deck to the cross deck by the No.3 crane, the bosun was suddenly hit by a taut stern tug line connected to the crane hook. As a result, the bosun was bounced over the shipside handrail and went missing after falling overboard into the sea.

A serious injury accident happened on board a Hong Kong registered bulk carrier when an Able Seaman 1 (AB1) fell onto the main deck from the top of a hatch coaming while carrying out cleaning and injured seriously.