Cenovus is investigating the cause of a near miss on the SeaRose FPSO, which involved a piece of a crane dropping onto the deck.
The incident happened on March 1 according to an incident disclosure published on the C-NLOPB’s website.
They say there was a “vessel motion” just after they finished lifting a container. This caused a chain reaction: The crane hook hit a nearby bumper rail and started to droop over the side. This, in turn, resulted in the pennant line assembly—which is the hook, a wire cable, and a master link—disconnecting from the crane and crashing into the deck below.
The C-NLOPB says because of the weight of that part of the crane, the incident had the potential for fatality.
Crane operations were immediately suspended and an investigation is ongoing.
