There has been an incident of a dropped load during overboarding for subsea operations, and a report on positive changes at one IMCA contractor in the use of digital tools to give all crew and office personnel 24/7 access to essential safety and operational updates.
Safety
Four safety incidents have been shared in recent International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Safety Flashes, including the case of a diver in Brazil who became disabled due to decompression illness.
- IMCA SF 13/25 Diver sustains laceration to right hand
- IMCA SF 13/25 Dive chamber procedures and operations
- IMCA SF 14/25 Brazil: diver permanently disabled after decompression illness
- IMCA SF 14/25 Diver reports unwell post-dive: non-decompression illness
See also: ADAS News April 2022 – IMCA publishes new guidance on the use of deck decompression chambers (DDCs) to treat divers with decompression illnesses.

