Safety Flash
Near-miss: Fouled diver umbilical
Near-miss: Fouled diver umbilical
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 05/16
- Control of WorkDivingLine of Fire
- Risk management
- Saturation diving
- Diver umbilical
- Risk assessment
- Marine industry
- Subsea
Summary
During a shallow-water saturation dive, slack from an extended umbilical was carried into aerated discharge and lifted around a caisson. Platform shutdown allowed its release, and both divers returned safely. The flash highlights overlooked discharge-flow hazards and recommends assessing umbilical length, routing and access during pre-job engineering and risk assessment.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Saturation diving; sat diving.
Classifications: Diver umbilical; diving umbilical.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Summary
A diver’s extended umbilical became caught in aerated discharge flow, requiring platform shutdown and recovery of the divers.
IMCA SF 05/16. Themes: control of work, diving, line of fire.