One of our vessels reported an incident which highlighted the importance of wearing eye protection when carrying out activities that predispose you to eye injury. Fortunately for this crew member, due to the excellent emergency medical crew response
An ERRV was on location performing routine duties. The Daughter Craft (DC) had been used for a drill and was in the process of being recovered when the boat man, after attaching the davit wire ‘O’ ring to
There was an incident which led to the loss of position keeping ability of a Platform Supply Vessel and the subsequent collision with the leg of a Drilling Rig. The vessel was undertaking Deck Cargo Transfer Operations at
During back loading operations one of three tag lines in use became trapped under the basket that had just been landed on the supply vessel. The vessel deck crew consisted of one banksman and two load handlers. The
A member has reported an incident in which one crewman died and another received minor injuries when a gypsy or chain wheel fell over whilst being moved, resulting in two crew members being trapped between it and a
A vessel recently suffered a failure of a deck floodlight capacitor when an electrical ballast unit caught fire resulting in the triggering of the Fire Detection System. The ships fire party mustered, the cause of the activation was
A company PSV was working cargo alongside a fixed installation when a high potential near miss occurred with the vessels radius transponder.
The vessel was engaged in a bulk transfer operation on the leeside of the platform. The incident involved a 2” bulk chemical transfer hose that had been passed up to the platform, and was being passed down to
After launching of starboard side lifeboat during hoisting and as it reaches the upper deck, it was noticed that the FPD was not properly secured or attached to the lifeboat.
The vessel was performing operations at the leeside of the platform. The fuel hose was lowered by a bridle which is connected to the saddle fitted on the hose. The hose coupling was hanging loose. One of the
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