Investigation Report
2009-018 Investigation of Fatal Fall from Rig Pollution Pan, Galveston Area Block 151, Well No. 6, OCS-G 15740, 28 January 2008, Gulf of Mexico Off the Texas Coast
2009-018 Investigation of Fatal Fall from Rig Pollution Pan, Galveston Area Block 151, Well No. 6, OCS-G 15740, 28 January 2008, Gulf of Mexico Off the Texas Coast
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- 2009-018
- Falls from heightHuman factors
- Hot workWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Job safety analysisOperational supervisionSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Investigates a welder’s fatal fall during pollution-pan modification on an offshore rig. The panel found that straps alone supported the pan and that its attachment had not been checked before cutting. Analysis examines absent fall protection, incomplete joint task planning, supervisory misunderstandings and ineffective stop-work communication.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
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.
2009-018.