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2 December 2005
Alert 05 – 47 Elevator Link-Tilt Incident WHAT HAPPENED: The Drill crew was preparing to pick up a pup-joint from the mouse hole. A Floorhand was positioned
2 December 2005
Alert 05 – 46 Use of Improper Cutting Tools Result in Injuries WHAT HAPPENED: An employee was attempting to cut an opening through the lid of a
2 December 2005
Alert 05 – 45 Man-Riding Operation Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: The Rig night shift drilling crews were preparing the rig to commence drilling operations following
2 December 2005
Alert 05 – 44 BOP Overhead Crane Wire Line Failure WHAT HAPPENED: During a recent Nippling Down and repositioning of the 21 ¼ BOP from the wellhead
2 November 2005
Alert 05 – 43 Crane Block Side Plate Dropped from Block WHAT HAPPENED: One of the weighted side plates, located on each side of the main block,
2 November 2005
Alert 05 – 42 Near Miss – Mud Pump Relief Line WHAT HAPPENED: The pictures below show the outcome when the mud pump relief valve popped at
2 November 2005
Alert 05 – 41 Cargo Handling Operations Results in Fatality of a Supply Vessel Crewmember WHAT HAPPENED: An offshore supply vessel was moored on the port side
2 November 2005
Alert 05 – 40 Welding Operations Results in an Eye Injury WHAT HAPPENED: A rig welder began to feel discomfort in his eye. Believing it may be
2 October 2005
Alert 05 – 39 Health Issue – Soft Tissue Infections (MRSA) WHAT HAPPENED: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) is a staph skin infection that has been experienced on some
2 October 2005
Alert 05 – 38 Ladder Incident – Driller Fractures Back and Wrist in Fall WHAT HAPPENED: A driller was positioned on an extension ladder inside the drilling
2 October 2005
Alert 05 – 37 Dropped Object – Improper Rigging of Drum Sling WHAT HAPPENED: The crews aboard one of the rigs in the domestic fleet were in
2 October 2005
Alert 05 – 36 Improper Use of Power Hand Tool Results in Injury WHAT HAPPENED: Recently an employee was using a hand-held power drill to drill out
2 September 2005
Alert 05 – 35 Load Binder Injury WHAT HAPPENED: An injury recently occurred on a company rig when a truck driver was unlatching one of the load
2 September 2005
Alert 05 – 34 Flash Fire at Degasser Line Flare Pit Injures Worker WHAT HAPPENED: While workers were circulating well gas through the choke with the annular
2 September 2005
Alert 05 – 33 Labeling of Containers – Hazardous Material Incident WHAT HAPPENED: An employee transferred methanol from a storage drum to a plastic drinking water container
2 September 2005
Alert 05 – 32 Near Miss – Dropped Objects – Unsecured Marine Riser Inserts WHAT HAPPENED: The driller was using the top drive system to pick up
2 August 2005
Alert 05 – 31 Dropped Stand of Drill Collars Results in Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: While Pulling Out Of the Hole with the Bottom Hole Assembly, one
2 August 2005
Alert 05 – 30 High Potential Incidents Involving Single Joint / Pick Up Elevators WHAT HAPPENED: Over the past few weeks we have experienced two separate incidents
2 August 2005
Alert 05 – 29 Unsecured Water Jugs in Mast/Derrick WHAT HAPPENED: Two recent Near Miss Incidents have occurred concerning water jugs that turned into Dropped Objects. One incident
2 August 2005
Alert 05 – 28 Fatal Incident Results from Removed Deck Opening Cover WHAT HAPPENED: A team of 2 subcontractor workers was installing insulation material on piping in
2 July 2005
Alert 05 – 27 Suction Tank Confined Space Hazard WHAT HAPPENED: While in the process of cleaning the rig mud pump suction tank, two employees had entered
2 July 2005
Alert 05 – 26 Safe Helicopter Operations WHAT HAPPENED: A recent high potential incident occurred on an offshore rig during a normal crew change which was the result
1 June 2005
Alert 05 – 25 Dropped Accumulator Bottle Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: A Rig Manager was fatally injured after an accumulator bottle exploded. The Rig Manager
1 June 2005
Alert 05 – 24 Confined Space Incident WHAT HAPPENED: An incident with an extremely high potential occurred due in the large part to a complete disregard for established
1 June 2005
Alert 05 – 23 Blocks Drop to Rig Floor WHAT HAPPENED: While pulling out of the hole with the first stand of 5” drill pipe to change
1 June 2005
Alert 05 – 22 Near Miss – Derrickman Fell From Board WHAT HAPPENED: A near miss incident occurred on a rig while the crew was tripping pipe
1 June 2005
Alert 05 – 21 Falls from Mud Mixing Platform WHAT HAPPENED: Employee was mixing barite and removed the chain barrier to allow the forklift to load a
1 May 2005
Alert 05 – 20 Master Bushings set on IP’s Toe – LTI WHAT HAPPENED: While flow checking the well, the Injured Person (IP) a Tourpusher, noticed that
1 May 2005
Alert 05 – 19 Worker Gets Hit in the Eye by a Piece of Steel WHAT HAPPENED: While in the process of breaking out a high pressure
1 May 2005
Alert 05 – 18 Inadvertent Unlatching of Wellhead Connector WHAT HAPPENED: Recently a semi submersible inadvertently unlatched the subsea wellhead connector on a recently perforated well. Upon the
