Safety Flash
Near-miss incident involving a diver’s umbilical
Near-miss incident involving a diver’s umbilical
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 03/09
- DivingIsolationMarine OperationsPermit to Work
- Diving operations
- Marine industry
- Marine waters
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Summary
This safety flash introduces an MAIB flyer about the Norma diving near miss in UK territorial waters, previously circulated through ADC and IMCA alerts. It reiterates worldwide relevance to inshore and offshore diving and points readers to vessel-selection guidance addressing isolations and vessel permit systems.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Summary
The alert reiterates diving-operation lessons concerning umbilical hazards, vessel selection, isolations and permit systems.
IMCA SF 03/09. Themes: diving, isolation, marine operations, permit to work.