Safety Flash
Diver lifted off seabed
Diver lifted off seabed
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 04/25
- DivingLine of Fire
- EntanglementLine of fire
- Diving operationsLifting operations
- Diver umbilicalDiving bellRemotely operated vehicle
- Safety communicationStop-work authority
- Marine industry
- Subsea
Summary
A diver’s umbilical snagged on another bell’s clump weight, lifting the diver approximately 4–5 m above the seabed during adjustment. Services remained intact. The flash describes stopping the operation and clearing the umbilical, and recommends second-diver or ROV monitoring when divers pass close to objects being lifted.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Diver umbilical; diving umbilical.
Classifications: Diving bell; closed bell; wet bell.
Classifications: Remotely operated vehicle; ROV; underwater robot.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Summary
A diver was lifted off the seabed when their umbilical was caught by a diving bell clump weight adjustment prior to bell recovery.
IMCA SF 04/25. Themes: diving, line of fire.