Safety Flash
MSF: Engine damage after routine maintenance
MSF: Engine damage after routine maintenance
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 16/21
- Inspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- Mechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenance
- Hand toolsRotating machinery
- Operating and work procedures
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
An offshore platform supply vessel stopped an engine following a high-temperature alarm. Inspection found valve-gear damage, 86 running hours after valve adjustments. Evidence indicated a loose adjusting-screw locking nut, most likely insufficiently tightened during reassembly. Lessons emphasise manufacturer requirements, careful reassembly checks and torque-wrench verification.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Hand tools; hand-held tools; handheld tools.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 21-09 relating to engine damage following routine maintenance.
IMCA SF 16/21. Themes: inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.