Safety Alert
Safety Alert 137 - Personal Injury During Well Test
Safety Alert 137 - Personal Injury During Well Test
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 137
- Line of firePressure systems
- Inspection and maintenance
- HosePressure vesselValve
- Energy and process isolationSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A roustabout suffered severe facial injuries when a fire-water hose ruptured during test-separator cleaning on a gas-producing platform. Restoring pneumatic supply opened valves, admitting well flow and discharge back pressure. The alert describes job-specific safety meetings, checking isolation-valve settings and disconnecting pneumatic pressure lines under specified conditions.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Pressure vessel; pressure vessels.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert concerns an injury associated with well-testing activities.
BSEE Safety Alert 137.