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
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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 – 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 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
9 August 2001
Alert 01 – 30 Handling Stabbing Guide Results in Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: While installing a stabbing guide on the box of 5 ½” sand screen tubing in
6 March 1999
Alert 99 – 11 Drill Pipe Slips WHAT HAPPENED: 1. Incident No. 1 – Employee caught his hand between the drill pipe slips and the elevators during a
6 May 1998
Alert 98 – 26 More on Casing Safety WHAT HAPPENED: After running all 9-5/8″ casing, the 10-3/4″ 500-ton elevator was rigged up with the operating lever facing the
6 May 1998
Alert 98 – 20 Flush Mounted Slips WHAT HAPPENED: A contractor encountered an incident involving the use of Flush Mounted Slips (FMS), which resulted in the release of
