21 – Tag Out

3 January 2004

Alert 04 – 04 Lanyard Caught in Kelly Results in a Fatality

Alert 04 – 04 Lanyard Caught in Kelly Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: A rig worker was fatally injured after his 6-foot lanyard was wrapped around
3 January 2004

Alert 04 – 02 Fall Results in Serious Injury

Alert 04 – 02 Fall Results in Serious Injury WHAT HAPPENED: The injured party (IP), a scaffolding foreman, and another scaffolder were working on the skid beam
7 December 2003

Alert 03 – 51 Trapped Pressure in Annular Results in a Near Miss

Alert 03 – 51 Trapped Pressure in Annular Results in a Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: While undertaking maintenance on a 13 5/8” 10K Annular Blowout Preventer, one
7 November 2003

Alert 03 – 46 Proper Job Planning and Review

Alert 03 – 46 Proper Job Planning and Review WHAT HAPPENED: The company had several incidents recently where the root cause was determined to be a failure
7 September 2003

Alert 03 – 36 High Pressure BOP Fluid Result in an Injection Injury

Alert 03 – 36 High Pressure BOP Fluid Result in an Injection Injury WHAT HAPPENED: The injured person was changing out fittings from a blue bypass valve
7 August 2003

Alert 03 – 32 Air Hose Incident Results in a Fatal Incident

Alert 03 – 32 Air Hose Incident Results in a Fatal Incident WHAT HAPPENED: A worker was struck on the head by a compressed air hose which blew
7 July 2003

Alert 03 – 30 Modified Tong Attachment Results in MTO

Alert 03 – 30 Modified Tong Attachment Results in MTO WHAT HAPPENED: The rig crewmembers were working on the rig floor preparing to torque up the bit.
7 June 2003

Alert 03 – 25 Unprotected Flywheel Results in a Fatality

Alert 03 – 25 Unprotected Flywheel Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: Note: Although this incident did not occur on a drilling rig or at a service
7 June 2003

Alert 03 – 24 Attempted Service to Microwave Results in a Fatal Electrocution

Alert 03 – 24 Attempted Service to Microwave Results in a Fatal Electrocution WHAT HAPPENED: An experienced electrician (12 years with the company) opened up the microwave