Safety Alerts

Work Equipment

Number: 24-09 Dated: 03/10/2024

Vessel Stretcher Breakage

Vessel stretcher broke during a medevac.

Number: 23-18 Dated: 01/11/2023

Dropped Lightning Rod

Lightning conductor rod fell 26m on a walk to work vessel

Number: 23-14 Dated: 20/10/2023

LTI – Partial Thickness Burns from Cooling Water

Serious burn incident onboard a Platform Supply Vessel from a ruptured high temperature cooling system

Number: 23-01 Dated: 31/01/2023

Tubular Load Strikes Vessel Light

Damage to vessel deck light during lifting of incorrectly slung tubulars.

Number: 22-14 Dated: 02/12/2022

“Never Saddle a Dead Horse”

Good practice reminder in relation to attaching Bulldog Grips onto wire.

Number: 21-09 Dated: 05/05/2022

CO2 Firefighting Systems

A valuable lesson learned from an MSF member relating to maintenance of a safety critical system.

Number: 21-15 Dated: 24/09/2021

Eye Injury Whilst Opening Paint Tin Lid

Serious eye injury sustained by vessel crew member whilst opening a paint tin lid

Number: 21-05 Dated: 03/03/2021

Wearing and Stowage of PPE

Good practice in relation to the use and storage of eye protection developed as a result of a minor incident on a members vessel.

Number: 17-14 Dated: 30/10/2017

Injury to Crew-member whilst using Pillar Drill

The injured party was in the process of manufacturing a metal blank for a pipe on the vessels hot water system, the pipe was to be manufactured using a piece of 2mm metal plate. Part of the process

Number: 17-11 Dated: 18/09/2017

Steel Ferrule Failure

Whilst operating the forward utility hoist (Tugger), weight was taken to support a 1.5t basket to assist the crane in removing the basket from the drill floor. The winch wire was in tension and load 2” above the

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