5 April 2000
Alert 00 – 11 Casing Stabbing Basket Incidents WHAT HAPPENED: A fatal incident occurred when an employee was folding up the standing platform of the stabbing basket while
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5 March 2000
Alert 00 – 09 Ground/Bonding Wire WHAT HAPPENED: A contract service company that cleans tanks and vessels experienced an explosion inside a special high-capacity vacuum truck used to
5 March 2000
Alert 00 – 08 Microwave Oven Safety WHAT HAPPENED: A rig worker heated a cup of water in a microwave oven. When he removed it from the
5 March 2000
Alert 00 – 07 Rig Damaged by Drill Collar Release from Fingerboard WHAT HAPPENED: Two 120’ (36m) stands of 8-1/4” (20.6 cm) Range II drill collars were
5 February 2000
Alert 00 – 06 Proper Use of Cotter Pins WHAT HAPPENED: The anchor pin on the bottom side of the rig’s brake band fell out due to
5 February 2000
Alert 00 – 05 Battery Pack Falls From Light Fixture in Derrick WHAT HAPPENED: A nickel-cadmium battery pack from the derrick light fixture fell approximately 150 feet
5 January 2000
Alert 00 – 03 Multiple Rotary Hose Failures – Hose Separation From Steel End Couplers WHAT HAPPENED: On two separate rigs operated by the same contractor, identical
6 December 1999
Alert 99 – 37 Casing Tong Support Spring Failure WHAT HAPPENED: A joint of 7” (17.5 cm) casing was being made up. The casing tongs were initially
6 December 1999
Alert 99 – 36 Traveling Block/Power Swivel Collision with Stand of Pipe WHAT HAPPENED: A fully retracted travelling block and power swivel, during its descent, collided with
