Safety Alert
Safety Alert 105 - Welding Accident
Safety Alert 105 - Welding Accident
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 105
- Hot Work and Fire
- ExplosionFire
- Hot work
- Storage tanks
- Fire protectionSimultaneous operations coordination
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
Wind carried welding slag from an upper deck into an open stock-tank connection during platform modification, causing an explosion and small fire. The tank and overhead electrical cables were damaged, without personnel injury. The operator emphasised coordination of concurrent work, supervisory control and the fire watch’s sole duty.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
BSEE Safety Alert 105. Themes: hot work and fire.