Safety Flash
Bolt failures on Lawson ROV launch and recovery systems
Bolt failures on Lawson ROV launch and recovery systems
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/09
- Dropped ObjectsMachinery and EquipmentStructural and Asset Integrity
- Dropped objectsMechanical failure
- ROV operations
- Remotely operated vehicle
Summary
This safety flash alerts members to a Lawson Engineers notice concerning bolt failure in a 3000m launch and recovery system. The failure allowed a latched-in tether management system and ROV to fall onto the deck. The supplied page provides no further incident analysis or recommended controls.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: ROV operations; remotely operated vehicle operations.
Classifications: Remotely operated vehicle; ROV; underwater robot.
Summary
Members are alerted to the attached safety flash from Lawson Engineers Ltd, manufacturers of launch and recovery systems, covering a recent failure of bolts in a 3000m launch and recovery system which allowed a latched-in tether management system (TMS) and ROV to fall to the deck.
IMCA SF 03/09. Themes: dropped objects, machinery and equipment, structural and asset integrity.