Safety Flash
Diver helmet hat light
Diver helmet hat light
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 14/11
- DivingHot Work and FireMachinery and Equipment
- Fire
- Diving operations
- Operator displays and control interfaces
- Emergency responseHuman-centred design
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
A diver helmet light inadvertently activated on the surface overheated without cooling, causing a fire in a diving bell aboard a dive support vessel. No injuries occurred, but equipment sustained extensive damage. The flash describes emergency response, guarded replacement switches and a revised light design incorporating thermistor protection.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Operator displays and control interfaces.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Human-centred design.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A Member has reported an incident in which an overheating diver helmet hat light nearly caused a fire inside a diving bell onboard a dive support vessel.
IMCA SF 14/11. Themes: diving, hot work and fire, machinery and equipment.