Safety Alerts
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26 February 2008
Alert 08 – 06 Fatality While Trying to Fill Up Casing WHAT HAPPENED: The rig’s crew was filling the first joint of 133/8″ casing to test the
26 February 2008
Alert 08 – 05 Fall from Scaffolding Results in Employee Injury WHAT HAPPENED: Two employees were attempting to install a mud bucket drain hose from the flow
26 January 2008
Alert 08 – 04 Failure of Counter Balanced Lids for Waste Storage Areas Result in Injuries WHAT HAPPENED: There have been several incidents when personnel have tried
26 January 2008
Alert 08 – 03 Crane Rig Up Results in Fall from Height WHAT HAPPENED: The rig crews were rigging up a tall pedestal crane on an offshore
26 January 2008
Alert 08 – 02 Standpipe Pressure Gauge Thread Nipple Failure (Under Pressure) WHAT HAPPENED: The rig crew was reaming back to bottom after making a connection. The
26 January 2008
Alert 08 – 01 Working with Rotating Control Devices WHAT HAPPENED: Incident #1 – The rotating control device (RCD) was leaking so the driller sent an employee
31 December 2007
Alert 07 – 40 Fall from Height Results in LTI (Rig Move) WHAT HAPPENED: During a rig move and after the rig floor was raised the Floorman
31 December 2007
Alert 07 – 39 Wire Rope Parted Results in a High Potential Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: While racking back a stand of 6-1/2″ drill collars, the winch
31 December 2007
Alert 07 – 38 Hand Injury Results from Miscommunication WHAT HAPPENED: After setting cement plug the crew was to lay out the cement line. The chicksan was
31 December 2007
Alert 07 – 37 Employee Falls from Derrick Board WHAT HAPPENED: The crew stopped tripping in the hole to fill the pipe. The rig is a cold
30 November 2007
Alert 07 – 36 Loose, Unsecured Clothing Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: A driller was killed when the drawstring of an oversized jacket he was wearing
30 November 2007
Alert 07 – 35 Personnel Hoisting Incident Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: The Senior Toolpusher (STP) instructed the Driller to prepare the wire line for the
30 November 2007
Alert 07 – 34 Coupling Failure Between Drawworks Drive Shaft and Electric Auxilary Brake Allows Blocks to Fall WHAT HAPPENED: While washing down the 7” liner assembly
30 November 2007
Alert 07 – 33 Lack of Adequate Rest and Attention Resulting in an LTI (Rig Move) WHAT HAPPENED: After completing 75% of a rig move operation, the
31 October 2007
Alert 07 – 32 Miscommunication Results in a Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: The crew was running in hole with 3 ½” cement stinger on 5” drill pipe.
31 October 2007
Alert 07 – 31 LTI – Drill Line Spool Pinch Point WHAT HAPPENED: While the rig crew was attempting to slip and cut the drilling line, the
31 October 2007
Alert 07 – 30 Fatal Incident Occurs While Demonstrating a Fault in Control System WHAT HAPPENED: The Assistant Driller (AD) onboard a jack up rig was fatally
30 September 2007
Alert 07 – 29 Personnel Hoist Stuck in “Hoist” Position WHAT HAPPENED: During operations to slip and cut drilling line, crewman was being hoisted on a Personnel
30 September 2007
Alert 07 – 28 Mast Collapse Results from Removal of Wrong Pins WHAT HAPPENED: A rig crew was preparing the mast to lower during a rig down.
30 September 2007
Alert 07 – 27 Incorrect Sling Application Results in High Potential Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: A 13 3/8” casing string had been run to the setting depth.
31 August 2007
Alert 07 – 26 Caustic Barrel Steam / Acetylene Cutting Results in an Injury WHAT HAPPENED: A caustic barrel required repair for a seized mixing paddle. The
31 August 2007
Alert 07 – 25 Failure of Temporary Wireline Spool Stand Results in Caught Between Incident WHAT HAPPENED: While installing a ¾” cable from the shipping spool to
31 August 2007
Alert 07 – 24 High Potential Dropped Object WHAT HAPPENED: During normal drilling operations a dropped object consisting of a tong bucket counterweight weighing approx. 8 -10 lbs
31 July 2007
Alert 07 – 23 Crane Operations – Dropped Dog House WHAT HAPPENED: A crew was rigging down a dog house with a 100 ton crane that was
31 July 2007
Alert 07 – 22 Dropped Object: Fast Line Guide Roller WHAT HAPPENED: The day crew was tripping in DP to 11,000 ft. The trip was stopped to
31 July 2007
Alert 07 – 21 Torch Cutting Operations Results in a Fire WHAT HAPPENED: Personnel were using a cutting torch to cut off several wall-mounted brackets on the
27 June 2007
Alert 07 – 20 Labeling Chemicals WHAT HAPPENED: A crew on a rig used a solvent to prepare the doghouse floor for painting. They applied the solvent
27 June 2007
Alert 07 – 19 Improper Use of Retractable Life Line Results in an LTI WHAT HAPPENED: After latching a stand of drill collars into the elevators, the
27 June 2007
Alert 07 – 18 Dropped Object – Satellite Dome WHAT HAPPENED: It was necessary to move the satellite dome on a Mobile Offshore rig. A set of
27 May 2007
Alert 07 – 17 Near Miss – Lost Control of Drawworks WHAT HAPPENED: A stand of drill pipe had been drilled down using the top drive. The
