The G+ is delighted to start using Toolbox to disseminate lessons learnt from offshore wind incidents with the global offshore community.

Toolbox is a free to use web app which holds incident lessons and safety information shared by global energy companies for you to use at work every day, helping you and your team to get home safe.

We are calling the offshore wind community to share relevant safety alerts with us so that others can benefit from your experiences.

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Latest content in Toolbox

Toolbox hosts vital lessons from incidents, near misses, and high-potential events, sharing crucial insights for workplace safety.

Walk to work gangway incidents with high potential

14/03/24

In two separate incidents, both involving gangway operations during personnel transfers, notable safety concerns arose. Despite no injuries occurring ...

Safety incident during drill string recovery on geotechnical survey vessel

12/03/24

A geotechnical survey vessel completed a borehole, and during the recovery of the drill string, an injury occurred. The injured person (IP) was aligni...

Multiple near miss events involving davit crane chain hoists

17/11/23

This presentation outlines two incidents involving the operation of a davit crane hoist on a wind turbine generator (WTG) transition piece (TP) extern...

Weather-related incident: Stacked container topples after being hit by a small tornado

21/09/23

An empty 12.5 metres (40 feet) container weighing 3.6 tons (7935 lbs.), previously stacked at a height, toppled and struck a nearby storage container....

Releases

Alerts from other incidents are shown below.
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G+ BG - Work programme

Unsafe use of floor grating systems

06/04/2023

Sections of polymer floor grating systems, used on offshore oil and gas platforms, vessels and wind generation installations, can become dislodged. Workers and others are at risk of tripping on unsecured flooring or falling through the subsequent hole.

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Safety-relevant product recall

07/10/2022

SHE Solution Bergmann GmbH and co. have announced the recall of one of their products Climbtec CT-02 following tests which showed reliability issues with the product when used in certain situations.

Alert
G+ BG - Health and safety statistics

Vertical fall arrest system

09/05/2022

ICM issued a Technical Bulletin which stated that in order to meet new requirements they have introduced a new fall arrester (SKYLOTEC Claw). With the new fall arrester, a new tensioning fall arrest wire system was also introduced.

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3M Fall Protection

18/10/2021

3M Fall Protection notified the industry that 3M does not permit climb assist (CAS) systems to be used in conjunction with 3M’s Climbing Ladder Fall Arrest Systems (CLFAS), unless such CAS are verified by 3M as being compatible with 3M’s CLFAS.

Alert
G+ BG - Work programme

CTV deck hatch closed on deckhand

13/10/2021

During a CTV audit an open hatch closed hitting the deckhand

Alert
G+ BG - Work programme

Ankle tripped on vessel door

23/07/2021

Person tripped on vessel office door sill fracturing an ankle

Alert
G+ BG - Work programme

Electric shock from damaged plug

16/07/2021

When accessing the nacelle a technician took hold of a cable a received a mild shock when...

Alert
G+ BG - Work programme

CTV contact with wind turbine

14/07/2021

A CTV hit a turbine after transferring personell

Alert
G+ BG - Work programme

Hand injury

10/06/2021

Technician hit hand while undoing a fixing with an adjustable spanner

Alert
G+ BG - Work programme

Manual Handling - Warehouse

22/02/2021

Severe back pain as a result of handling heavy bags

Alert
G+ BG - Work programme

Strained Back while using tools

22/02/2021

Service technician suffered a back strain while stretching bolts

Alert
G+ BG - Work programme

Back strain while loosening bolts

22/02/2021

Technician injured back while unbolting a delta module

Alert
G+ BG - Work programme

Knife injury

19/02/2021

Injury caused on middle finger due to knife use on site