Safety Alerts
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8 December 2002
Alert 02 – 54 Personnel Hoisting Incident WHAT HAPPENED: An employee was being hoisted into the derrick using a man rider hoist and a wooden-seat riding belt.
8 December 2002
Alert 02 – 53 Crane Boom Failure WHAT HAPPENED: While loading a truck with 9 5/8” casing using a 3rd party crane, the crane boom failed and
8 December 2002
Alert 02 – 52 Vehicle Accidents – Seat Belts Save Lives WHAT HAPPENED: A Rig Manager on route to his home from the rig site encountered a
8 November 2002
Alert 02 – 51 Flash Flood Incident WHAT HAPPENED: The Night Toolpusher was making a midnight crew change with a four wheel drive vehicle at a desert location. It
8 November 2002
Alert 02 – 50 Cutting Off Casing Results in Fire in the Cellar WHAT HAPPENED: Casing (13 3/8″) had been run in the hole and cemented in
8 November 2002
Alert 02 – 49 Dropped Blocks Incident WHAT HAPPENED: While the rig crew was pulling out of the hole with 5 inch drill pipe (8 stands into
8 November 2002
Alert 02 – 48 Improper Hole Covering Results in Injuries WHAT HAPPENED: During a rig move, it was necessary to remove a 3’ circle section of grating
8 October 2002
Alert 02 – 47 Air Compressor Line Rupture Results in an LTI WHAT HAPPENED: After the compressor unit arrived on location, the employee had connected the #2
8 October 2002
Alert 02 – 46 Fall from Mud Pump WHAT HAPPENED: A derrickman opened the relief valve to bleed off the mud pump then made repairs to stop
8 October 2002
Alert 02 – 45 Stabbing Board Incident Results in an LTI WHAT HAPPENED: An incident occurred when the stabbing board fell, resulting in a fractured ankle. The
8 October 2002
Alert 02 – 44 Improper Storage of Hazardous Liquid WHAT HAPPENED: An incident occurred on a rig in which a local employee drank methanol that was being
8 September 2002
Alert 02 – 43 Drill Collar Back Out of Lift Sub WHAT HAPPENED: While preparing to lay down the bottom hole collar, the crew was attempting to
8 September 2002
Alert 02 – 42 Material Handling Incident WHAT HAPPENED: An employee had his left middle finger caught between a connecting rod and the body of a power
8 September 2002
Alert 02 – 41 Improper Storage of Pipe on Racks Results in a LTI WHAT HAPPENED: Twenty five joints of 5” drill pipe were being picked up
8 September 2002
Alert 02 – 40 Roustabout on Top of Pipe on Rack Results in an LTI WHAT HAPPENED: While laying down the BHA preparing for an upcoming casing
8 September 2002
Alert 02 – 39 Drill Pipe Handling Operations Results in LTI WHAT HAPPENED: When laying down 5” drill pipe, the Derrickman was operating the rig floor winch
8 August 2002
Alert 02 – 38 Dropped Object Related Incidents WHAT HAPPENED: Recently three dropped objects incidents have occurred. First, while picking up 5-1/2-inch tubing and transferring it from the
8 August 2002
Alert 02 – 37 Handling “Big Drilling Fluid Chemical Bags” WHAT HAPPENED: We continue to see the manual handling of big bags for materials on our rigs.
8 August 2002
Alert 02 – 36 Hand Grinder Incident Results in Arm Laceration WHAT HAPPENED: An employee was using a hand held pneumatic grinder to polish a metal table.
8 August 2002
Alert 02 – 35 Dropped Object (Drift Rabbit) Results in RWC WHAT HAPPENED: While lowering the drift rabbit down “V” door by air winch, the drift slipped
8 August 2002
Alert 02 – 34 Safety Lanyard Near Miss Incident WHAT HAPPENED: While tripping pipe in the hole one floorman went down to the BOP Stack to assemble
8 August 2002
Alert 02 – 33 Hand-Held Angle Grinder Injury WHAT HAPPENED: A rig welder was working on the rig floor modifying the rotary guard. While dressing a weld
8 July 2002
Alert 02 – 32 Personnel Hoisting Incidents WHAT HAPPENED: While a rig crew was nippling down cementing head following a casing job, an employee was suspended from a
8 July 2002
Alert 02 – 31 Lifeboat Incident WHAT HAPPENED: While lowering a lifeboat to the water, the engine was placed in forward gear. After reaching the water, the lifeboat
8 July 2002
Alert 02 – 30 Inattention While Pulling Slips Results in Finger Amputation WHAT HAPPENED: When running the first joint of 9 5/8 Casing, it was decided to
8 July 2002
Alert 02 – 29 Use of Slip Type Elevators Results in a Foot Injury WHAT HAPPENED: The rig was tripping in the hole with 3-1/2 inch PH-6
8 July 2002
Alert 02 – 28 Winch Drum Line Slack Results in an LTI WHAT HAPPENED: While rigging down, the derrick (mast) had been removed from the rig floor
8 June 2002
Alert 02 – 27 Top Drive Strikes Joint of Tubing Resulting in a Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: A drilling crew in was in the process of running
8 June 2002
Alert 02 – 26 Flare Line Pilot Results in a Reserve Pit Fire WHAT HAPPENED: While circulating out a well through the gas buster the driller instructed
8 June 2002
Alert 02 – 25 Greasing Crown Assembly – Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: While greasing a deadline sheave, a Roustabout (who had never been to the crown before)
