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What happened in this Safety Flash: An electrician installed fuses on a 930V DC electrical system while the system was...
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What happened The drilling crew was tripping the drill string into the primary well with two floormen positioned in the...
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What happened For the purpose of a rescue at height drill, a person on the main deck suspended himself 1,5...
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What happened A person was killed when there was a catastrophic explosive failure of a corroded fire extinguisher. The incident...
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The United States’ Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published BSEE Panel Report 2021-001 into a fatal fall from a...
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The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published an accident investigation report into a fatal crush incident during lifting...
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States has published Marine Accident Brief MAB 20-36 relating to the overturning of...
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What happened? A crewman was doing electrical work on a 440v power distribution panel (PDP) when a loose earth bonding...
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In July 2020, a Prince Edward Island worker was fatally injured when struck by an airborne broken chain. An excavator...
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A member reports two incidences of unsafe lifting, which are worthy of note. Incident 1 Unsafe Lifting Operations By sub-contractor...
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What happened? An ROV technician received an electric shock to his left arm beneath the elbow, resulting in a burn....
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What happened? While the crew was moving lashing materials (chains, shackles, and turnbuckles) from the garage deck into a storage...
What happened? The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its interim report into a serious explosion and fire...
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What happened? An incorrectly secured console cover closed in an unplanned and unexpected way, trapping a crew member’s finger, which...
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What happened? During preparations for disconnecting a tow tug which was moored to a barge in turn moored to the...
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Source: HeliOffshore Infoshare 2020-013 This report is in relation to a Company customer with an employee who used alcohol-based hand gel...
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Case report: #18KY024* Issued by: Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Date of incident: June 22, 2018 Summary On...
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NIOSH In-house FACE Report 2005-04 August 22 , 2007 Summary On December 31, 2004, a 32-year-old Hispanic laborer (the victim)...
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Explosions in food trucks can occur when propane leaks from equipment or a fuel tank, builds up inside a truck,...
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SUMMARY On Monday, September 10, 2018, a 16-year-old male roofer (the victim) attempted to maneuver a fully extended 25-foot ladder...
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BACKGROUND Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, nonirritating toxic gas that is produced by burning fuel, such as...
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Summary A young worker was welding on the transom of an aluminum boat. Flammable vapour underneath the deck was not...
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A bathtub refinisher, working alone in a small apartment bathroom, died of methylene chloride exposure while using the chemical to...
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These flashes summarize the key matters and incidents, allowing wider dissemination of lessons learnt form them. The information below has...