Safety Flash
NTSB: Engine Failure leads to fire aboard offshore supply vessel
NTSB: Engine Failure leads to fire aboard offshore supply vessel
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 04/22
- Emergency ResponseHot Work and FireMachinery and Equipment
- FireHydrocarbon releaseMechanical failure
- Electrical workInspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
- Emergency responseFire protectionEnergy and process isolation
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash summarises an NTSB finding on a generator engine failure aboard an anchored offshore supply vessel. Bearing seizure was identified as the probable cause of rod ejection, oil release and an engine-room fire. Crew removed fuel and oxygen sources, containing the fire without injuries or pollution.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Electrical work; electrical maintenance.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The National Transportation Safety Board of the United States (NTSB) has published a report into a diesel generator engine failure and subsequent fire aboard an offshore supply vessel (OSV) in December 2020.
IMCA SF 04/22. Themes: emergency response, hot work and fire, machinery and equipment.