Safety Flash
KM 37k/ss helmet neck dam near miss
KM 37k/ss helmet neck dam near miss
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 28/17
- DivingInspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- Mechanical failure
- Diving operationsInspection and maintenance
- Breathing apparatus
- Competence and trainingOperating and work proceduresPre-use checksPreventive maintenance
- Subsea
Summary
An air diver’s helmet flooded during offshore subsea work after locking pull pins caught on a recovery harness and released the collar. Free-flow over-pressurisation displaced the neck dam seal. The flash describes standby-diver assistance, missing pull-pin sleeves, workshop modifications, pre-dive checks and changes to tool placement.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Breathing apparatus; SCBA; self-contained breathing apparatus.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Subsea; underwater worksite.
Summary
During offshore subsea operations, an air diver reported to the surface that his helmet had flooded.
IMCA SF 28/17. Themes: diving, inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.