Safety Alerts

Dropped Objects

Number: 25-11 Dated: 16/05/2025

Dropped Object – Satellite Antenna

Vessels satellite antenna fell from mounting bracket to deck with hi potential consequences.

Number: 25-03 Dated: 06/03/2025

Potential Dropped Object

CCU tie-back handle becomes potential dropped object.

Number: 23-19 Dated: 03/11/2023

Potential Dropped Object

Shackle left on top of cargo became a potential dropped object during discharge.

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

Dropped Lightning Rod

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

Number: 23-17 Dated: 28/10/2023

Dropped Metal Wedge

Heavy metal wedge dropped from a height of approximately 13m during work on a walk to work system.

Number: 23-12 Dated: 09/08/2023

Near Miss During Garbage Compactor Backload

Door of garbage compactor opened during backload from offshore installation to vessel

Number: 23-11 Dated: 01/08/2023

Dropped Object from Offshore Platform to Supply Vessel

High potential for injury from an object dropped from an offshore platform onto a supply vessels deck

Number: 23-09 Dated: 26/07/2023

Dropped Object in Drydock

Dropped object from vessel to drydock bottom with high potential.

Number: 23-07 Dated: 17/07/2023

Breakaway Coupling becomes a Dropped Object

Bulk hose breakaway coupling on a members semi-submersible accommodation vessel became a “dropped object”

Number: 22-06 Dated: 07/03/2022

Unsafe Cargo Transfer Using Pallets

2 x incidents reported by a MSF member involving loading of cargo using pallets

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