Investigation Report
Shifting Pipe Trapped Contractor’s Leg During Platform Decommissioning
10-03-2025 1230 G00985 EI 259 C Required Evacuation, LTA (>3 days)
- BSEE
- Investigation Report
- Unknown
- Crushing and pinch points
- DecommissioningWorking at height
- Fall protection equipmentProcess pipework and pipelines
- Job safety analysisSafety communicationSimultaneous operations coordination
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
BSEE investigates a contractor’s fractured femur during platform decommissioning at Eugene Island 259 C. Cutting an 8-inch pipe caused it to shift and trap his leg. The report identifies inadequate crew-location communication and job safety analysis of stored-energy movement, alongside restricted positioning while wearing a harness.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.