Safety Alerts
IADC distributes HSE Alerts to Members as they are received. All Alerts issued will be archived on this web site. We welcome your ideas for future Safety Alerts.
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1 September 2006
Alert 06 – 30 High Potential Near Miss – Man Lifted from Deck of Supply Vessel WHAT HAPPENED: Trash bags were being back loaded from the Rig onto
1 September 2006
Alert 06 – 29 Transportation Fatality Accident WHAT HAPPENED: While moving rig equipment, a fatality and two serious injuries occurred at a pipe yard. When untied, the pipe
1 August 2006
Alert 06 – 28 Sling Parted and Dropped Drill Pipe WHAT HAPPENED: An employee was struck in the head by 5” drill pipe when the lifting sling
1 August 2006
Alert 06 – 27 Poor Communications Results in Pipe Being Pulled in Two WHAT HAPPENED: A drilling crew had finished bull heading 3-1/2 barrels of mud down
1 July 2006
Alert 06 – 26 Cleaning Mud From Drill Collars Results in Finger Amputation WHAT HAPPENED: A Floorman suffered an amputated finger by using a rig light safety
1 July 2006
Alert 06 – 25 Poor Quality Light Fixture Causes Fire WHAT HAPPENED: A service company employee noticed smoke coming from one of the rig camp office/sleeper. The
1 July 2006
Alert 06 – 24 Short Fall Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: Although this incident did not happen in the drilling industry it could easily have been.
1 July 2006
Alert 06 – 23 Forklift Incident – Broken Leg WHAT HAPPENED: A Forklift was being used to move drill collars and realign them all with the pin/box
1 June 2006
Alert 06 – 22 Near Miss Exploding Battery WHAT HAPPENED: Mechanic’s helper was moving a charged battery on a two – wheeled dolly with one battery cable
1 June 2006
Alert 06 – 21 Forklift Cut Electrical Line with Outrigger WHAT HAPPENED: Derrickman / forklift operator entered the forklift and observed that the driver’s side outrigger was
1 June 2006
Alert 06 – 20 Failure to Stop Unsafe Operations Results in a Broken Ankle WHAT HAPPENED: An employee was helping to rig down a third party operation
1 May 2006
Alert 06 – 19 Temporary Placement of Mud Hose in Walkway Results in a Tripping Incident WHAT HAPPENED: A roustabout crew was cleaning out a storage room
1 May 2006
Alert 06 – 18 Near Miss – Drill String Parts When BOP Pipe Rams are Left Closed WHAT HAPPENED: After conducting a routine Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) drill
1 May 2006
Alert 06 – 17 Handling Pendant Wire Resulted in Cut Hand WHAT HAPPENED: A Supply Vessel was discharging cargo alongside a MODU. The main block was being
1 May 2006
Alert 06 – 16 Near Miss – Section of Windwall Became Detached WHAT HAPPENED: An incident with an extremely high potential to cause injury to employees and
1 April 2006
Alert 06 – 15 Improper Use of Power Hand Tool Results in Injury WHAT HAPPENED: Recently an employee was using a hand-held power drill to drill out
1 April 2006
Alert 06 – 14 Caught Between Spooling Cable Results in an Injury WHAT HAPPENED: A crew was working dock side involved in a non-routine task of spooling
1 April 2006
Alert 06 – 13 Dropped Object From Derrick WHAT HAPPENED: The incident occurred when a stand of drill pipe missed the elevators, fell across the derrick towards
1 March 2006
Alert 06 – 12 Top Drive Impacts Stabbing Board WHAT HAPPENED: A rig crew was running 9-5/8” casing when it became necessary to lay down a joint
1 March 2006
Alert 06 – 11 Near Miss – Equipment Failure at 14,000 PSI WHAT HAPPENED: During a pressure test on the choke and kill line of a subsea
1 March 2006
Alert 06 – 10 Standing on Casing Results in an LTI WHAT HAPPENED: IP was rolling casing from pipe rack towards cat walk. There were 2 rows of casing
1 March 2006
Alert 06 – 09 Fall While Rigging Down Results in a Dislocated Shoulder (MTO) WHAT HAPPENED: The rig crew was preparing for a rig move and the
1 February 2006
Alert 06 – 08 High Potential Incident – Dropped Kelly WHAT HAPPENED: In preparation to pick up a 3 ½” Kelly, the 5 ¼” Kelly and swivel
1 February 2006
Alert 06 – 07 Lost Control of Drill Pipe Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: The operation was Pulling Out Of the Hole (POOH) with 5-1/2 inch
1 February 2006
Alert 06 – 06 Single Joint Elevator / Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: A high potential near miss incident occurred recently while conducting a routine operation. The operation
1 February 2006
Alert 06 – 05 Dropped Bushing Results in Amputation of Toes WHAT HAPPENED: Operation at the time of the incident was pulling out of the hole with
1 January 2006
Alert 06 – 04 Microwave Oven Hazard WHAT HAPPENED: While boiling liquids in a microwave oven is commonplace we should all be aware of a potentially dangerous situation
1 January 2006
Alert 06 – 03 High Potential Near Miss / Dropped Lifting Sub WHAT HAPPENED: When the driller broke out the lifting sub used to help make up
1 January 2006
Alert 06 – 02 Safety Retracting Lifeline Blocks and Rotating Machinery WHAT HAPPENED: Recently, an employee was fatally injured due to interference between his fall protection equipment
1 January 2006
Alert 06 – 01 Mismatched Hammer Union Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: A worker while operating a sand filter valve in a temporary well test setup, sustained
