Safety Flash
Snubber failure
Snubber failure
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/14
- Inspection and MaintenanceMachinery and EquipmentStructural and Asset Integrity
- Mechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Remotely operated vehicle
- Preventive maintenance
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
Maintenance of an ROV revealed a detached starboard snubber guide runner and cracked port-side welds. The snubber remained functional but did not stay level; the failed components were outside the load path, with no dropped-object risk. Corrective actions included welding repairs, inspection of another ROV and six-monthly visual inspections.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Remotely operated vehicle; ROV; underwater robot.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
Inspection during ROV maintenance found detached and cracked snubber guide components, prompting repairs and additional preventive inspections.
IMCA SF 05/14. Themes: inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment, structural and asset integrity.