Investigation Report
2014-002 VR 200 Investigation of October 27, 2013, Fatality Vermilion Area Block 200 platform “A” Lease No. OCS-G 09500, Complex ID No. 24098-01
2014-002 VR 200 Investigation of October 27, 2013, Fatality Vermilion Area Block 200 platform “A” Lease No. OCS-G 09500, Complex ID No. 24098-01
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- 2014-002
- Dropped objectsDrowningHuman factorsLeadership and safety culture
- DecommissioningHot workLifting operations
- Fall protection equipmentStorage tanks
- Job safety analysisOperating and work proceduresOperational supervisionStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Investigation of a welder’s fatality during offshore platform decommissioning. A tank skid with attached vent booms rotated and fell into the sea during weld cutting, carrying the worker overboard. The panel examines ambiguous cutting instructions, omitted preparation planning, generic job safety analyses, inadequate oversight and failure to stop after unexpected movement.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
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.
2014-002.