Lithium Battery Fire – container illegally loaded with discarded lithium batteries caught fire while enroute to a port
On August 19, 2021, a container illegally loaded with discarded lithium batteries caught fire while enroute to a port. The [...]
Fire Started from Cutting Torch Work
Crew members on a general cargo vessel in port were using an oxy-acetylene torch to remove various sea fasteners, brackets, [...]
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 [...]