Investigation Report
2009-008 Investigation of Fatal Accident North Padre Island Block 969, Platform JA, OCS-G 5953, 19 January 2008, Gulf of Mexico Off the Texas Coast.
2009-008 Investigation of Fatal Accident North Padre Island Block 969, Platform JA, OCS-G 5953, 19 January 2008, Gulf of Mexico Off the Texas Coast.
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- 2009-008
- Drowning
- Inspection and maintenance
- HelicopterPersonal protective equipment
- Emergency responseJob safety analysisStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Investigates a worker’s fatal drowning after being washed overboard while repairing a boat-landing emergency shutdown station on a Gulf of Mexico platform. The panel identifies rough-weather working, absence of a life jacket, omitted job safety analysis and unused stop-work authority, and recommends considering inclement weather when deciding whether analysis is required.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Helicopter; rotorcraft.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
2009-008.