Safety Alerts
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3 September 2004
Alert 04 – 38 Joint of Drill Pipe Falls to Rig Floor WHAT HAPPENED: A locking safety hook and 4½” IF thread drill pipe lift cap was
3 September 2004
Alert 04 – 37 Test Assembly Makeup Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: The rig was pressure testing BOPs and surface equipment. The test assembly had been
3 September 2004
Alert 04 – 36 Jars Fired with Drill String in Slips WHAT HAPPENED: The drill crew was tripping 4” drill pipe in the hole with a whipstock
3 August 2004
Alert 04 – 35 Drill Line Spool Runaway WHAT HAPPENED: The Drill Crew was in the process of slipping and cutting 1-3/8” drill line. Two Floormen were
3 August 2004
Alert 04 – 34 H2S Inhalation: Man Fell from Tote Tank Resulting in an LTI WHAT HAPPENED: The injured person (IP) was pumping fluid waste contents from
3 August 2004
Alert 04 – 33 Use of Load Boomer Results in Two Incidents WHAT HAPPENED: Recently there have been two reported incidents resulting from the use of load
3 August 2004
Alert 04 – 32 Cargo Handling Incident WHAT HAPPENED: Backloading of 9 5/8″ casing onto the supply boat was taking place. Each lift consisted of 5 pieces
3 July 2004
Alert 04 – 31 Equipment Failure – Low Pressure Valve Used to Fill Casing Fails WHAT HAPPENED: The rig crew was in the process of running casing
3 July 2004
Alert 04 – 30 Electrical Troubleshooting Incident WHAT HAPPENED: A problem was experienced with a main engine-cooling pump. The electrician was asked to check the electrical supply
3 July 2004
Alert 04 – 29 Failure to Use Fall Protection Results in a Fall WHAT HAPPENED: Two drilling rig workers had completed the installation of a valve and
3 July 2004
Alert 04 – 28 Side Door Elevator Incidents WHAT HAPPENED: First incident: Recently during casing pulling operations the side door elevator opened while laying out a joint
3 June 2004
Alert 04 – 27 Dropped Object – Air Tugger Hook WHAT HAPPENED: The hook from the tubular pull back tugger in the derrick fell to the drill
3 June 2004
Alert 04 – 26 Fall Protection Devices WHAT HAPPENED: The oil and gas industry has recently experienced several incidents involving fall protection devices. Self Retracting Life Lines
3 June 2004
Alert 04 – 25 Fatal Accident Involving a Forklift WHAT HAPPENED: A storage rack weighing 3.8 tons was moved close to the welder’s workshop and placed on
3 June 2004
Alert 04 – 24 Hazards Using Portable Powered Tools WHAT HAPPENED: There have been at least two instances recently where portable powered grinders or cutting wheels have
3 June 2004
Alert 04 – 23 Discharge of Synthetic Based Mud Overboard WHAT HAPPENED: Approximately 60 barrels of Synthetic Based Mud (SBM) was discharged overboard when the trip tank
3 May 2004
Alert 04 – 22 Rig Carrier Drives Off Accidentally WHAT HAPPENED: In the process of jacking up the parked Carrier rig on ground, the injured, a rig mechanic,
3 May 2004
Alert 04 – 21 Crane Maintenance Results in an LTI WHAT HAPPENED: The mechanic and electrician were moving the generator exciter outside of the crane cab. They
3 May 2004
Alert 04 – 20 Employees Hands Caught in Unsecured Cargo Box Lid WHAT HAPPENED: Recently an incident occurred involving an unsecured lid of a cargo box. The
3 May 2004
Alert 04 – 19 Inadequate Management of Change Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: An incident occurred when a 45-foot joint of 5-inch XL liner was being
3 April 2004
Alert 04 – 18 Inadequate Engine Fan Guard Results in Lost Fingers WHAT HAPPENED: Employee bent down in front of fan on diesel engine. He was using
3 April 2004
Alert 04 – 17 Failure to Use Fall Protection Results in High Potential Incident WHAT HAPPENED: A scaffolding foreman was working on the skid beam along with
3 April 2004
Alert 04 – 16 Plastic Coated Wire Rope Sling Separated at Swage WHAT HAPPENED: While positioning the stack test cap, the attached sling separated at the swage.
3 April 2004
Alert 04 – 15 Making Up Bit into Bit Sub Results in High Potential Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: The floor crew was in process of making up
3 March 2004
Alert 04 – 14 Failure to Follow Lockout Procedure Results in Injury WHAT HAPPENED: Work requiring disconnection and removal commenced on a mud mixing pump assembly without
3 March 2004
Alert 04 – 13 Cleaning Operating Equipment Results in Hand Injury WHAT HAPPENED: Employee was directed to clean the pump engines as part of his work assignment
3 March 2004
Alert 04 – 12 Climbing on Equipment Results in Dislocated Shoulder WHAT HAPPENED: Deck Coordinator (Supervisor) dislocated shoulder while climbing down from a third party filter press.
3 March 2004
Alert 04 – 11 Management of Change Tong Snub-Line Removal Results in an Injury WHAT HAPPENED: The Drill crew was preparing to test BOP and the Driller
3 February 2004
Alert 04 – 10 Use of Rope for Elevator Hobble Results in LTI WHAT HAPPENED: Rig crew was pulling the drilling string out of the hole to
3 February 2004
Alert 04 – 09 Lowering Bell Nipple Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: While slacking off the Bell Nipple in cellar area, the Bell Nipple pulled down
