Safety Flash 19/26
Click here to download the IMCA Safety Flash 19/26. Here are a few of the incidents covered;
MAIB: Normalising of unsafe practice – fatal man overboard incident
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) have published Accident Investigation Report 16/2026 into a fatal man overboard incident on board a bulk carrier offshore Sweden.
Dropped bulk bag during loading operations
A pallet within the bag punctured the material, causing multiple water packs (4.5kg each) to fall approximately 2.5m to the deck below. Exclusion barriers were in place and no personnel were exposed.
Failure of sea-fastening on the leg of a jack-up barge
During a sea passage, prevailing sea conditions caused a jack-up barge to experience rolling and pitching motions.
Dust explosion in Bow thruster motor
Upon activation of the bow thruster, there was a loud explosion within the forward section of the workboat.
Cyber-attack on vessel
An oil tanker operated by one of our Members suffered a cybersecurity incident in which the operating systems and stored data on multiple work PCs connected to vessel’s onboard server, were deleted, and the ship’s external email communication and vessel management programs were disrupted. The incident occurred on a passage from Egypt to Galveston, Texas.