Safety Flash: Not Following Work permit and Isolation Procedure
What happened in this Safety Flash: An electrician installed fuses on a 930V DC electrical system while the system was…
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Safety Flash: Floorman arm pinned by Pipe Handling Equipment
What happened The drilling crew was tripping the drill string into the primary well with two floormen positioned in the…
Safety Flash: Suspension Trauma
What happened For the purpose of a rescue at height drill, a person on the main deck suspended himself 1,5…
Safety Flash: Fatality: explosive failure of corroded fire extinguisher
What happened A person was killed when there was a catastrophic explosive failure of a corroded fire extinguisher. The incident…
Safety Flash: Crewman fell to his death through faulty grating
The United States’ Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published BSEE Panel Report 2021-001 into a fatal fall from a…
Safety Flash: Fatal accident during cargo operations on Karina C
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published an accident investigation report into a fatal crush incident during lifting…
Safety Flash: Overturning of the Lifeboat Kristin Faye
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States has published Marine Accident Brief MAB 20-36 relating to the overturning of…
Safety Flash: Short circuit on 440v AC bus bars-arc flash
What happened? A crewman was doing electrical work on a 440v power distribution panel (PDP) when a loose earth bonding…
Safety Flash: Towing Fatality
In July 2020, a Prince Edward Island worker was fatally injured when struck by an airborne broken chain. An excavator…
Safety Flash: Unsafe lifting operations
A member reports two incidences of unsafe lifting, which are worthy of note. Incident 1 Unsafe Lifting Operations By sub-contractor…
Safety Flash: Electric Shock Resulting in Burn
What happened? An ROV technician received an electric shock to his left arm beneath the elbow, resulting in a burn.…
Safety Flash: LTI- Loss of Finger Tip and Nail
What happened? While the crew was moving lashing materials (chains, shackles, and turnbuckles) from the garage deck into a storage…
Safety Flash: Explosion And Fire Onboard The chemical Tanker STOLT Greenland
What happened? The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its interim report into a serious explosion and fire…
Safety Flash: Finger injury caused by incorrectly secured console cover
What happened? An incorrectly secured console cover closed in an unplanned and unexpected way, trapping a crew member’s finger, which…
Safety Flash: double Man overboard Resulting in one fatality
What happened? During preparations for disconnecting a tow tug which was moored to a barge in turn moored to the…
Safety Flash: Alcohol-based hand sanitizer warning
Source: HeliOffshore Infoshare 2020-013 This report is in relation to a Company customer with an employee who used alcohol-based hand gel…
Safety Flash: Dump truck operator fatally electrocuted by high-voltage line
Case report: #18KY024* Issued by: Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Date of incident: June 22, 2018 Summary On…
Safety Flash: Laborer Dies After Footing Collapse – North Carolina
NIOSH In-house FACE Report 2005-04 August 22 , 2007 Summary On December 31, 2004, a 32-year-old Hispanic laborer (the victim)…
Safety Flash: Reducing the risk of propane explosions in food trucks
Explosions in food trucks can occur when propane leaks from equipment or a fuel tank, builds up inside a truck,…
Safety Flash: Teen Roofer Electrocuted when Ladder Contacts High Voltage Power Line
SUMMARY On Monday, September 10, 2018, a 16-year-old male roofer (the victim) attempted to maneuver a fully extended 25-foot ladder…
Safety Flash: Worker dies from carbon monoxide poisoning while using pressure washer
BACKGROUND Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, nonirritating toxic gas that is produced by burning fuel, such as…
Safety Flash: Explosion during welding operation
Summary A young worker was welding on the transom of an aluminum boat. Flammable vapour underneath the deck was not…
A Bathtub Refinisher Dies from Methylene Chloride Exposure :Safety Flash
A bathtub refinisher, working alone in a small apartment bathroom, died of methylene chloride exposure while using the chemical to…
Landscaper dies after auger entanglement:Safety Flash
These flashes summarize the key matters and incidents, allowing wider dissemination of lessons learnt form them. The information below has…