Falling Objects – Working Overhead
Hutchison Ports have recently received reports of a hammer head that detached from its handle when ship’s crew were attempting [...]
Lashing Bar Tongues separating from the lashing bar and onto the deck
Hutchison Ports have recently received reports of Lashing Bar Tongues separating from the lashing bar and falling onto the deck, [...]
Failure of a Road Tanker Pressure/Vacuum Relief Valve
Hazardous vapour release due to unauthorised modification of pressure/vacuum relief valve on bulk transport container. Please Click Here for [...]
Contact with live cable
Contact with a live cable during recent excavation works had high potential to cause harm to persons. On this occasion [...]
Working at Height – Access to vehicle; protection from a fall
Falls from height remain one of the most common causes of workplace fatalities in the UK. In Great Britain in [...]
Fumigated Cargoes, Liverpool Incident
The Port of Liverpool (UK) recently encountered a situation involving fumigated cargoes. The port was preparing to discharge bulk bagged [...]
Wheeled Loading Shovel Fatalities
There have been nine fatal vehicle-pedestrian collisions involving wheeled loading shovels in the UK over the past four years. Six [...]
Classification & Declaration of Divinylbenzene for Transport in Tank Containers
Some interests have been seeking to transport Divinylbenzene (DVB) from China to destinations in both Europe and United States of [...]
Catastrophic failure of marine loading arm
Marine loading arms (MLAs) are commonly used throughout UK ports and jetties to load and unload liquids and compressed gas [...]
ICHCA Safety Alert: Flash Fire Inside Diesel Tank
Workers were assigned to remove and replace a 16’ x 9” section of deck plate adjacent to the bulkhead inside [...]