Safety Alert
Safety Alert 170 - Stabbing Board Fatality and Injury
Safety Alert 170 - Stabbing Board Fatality and Injury
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 170
- Line of FireWorking at Height
- Dropped objectsFalls from heightMechanical failure
- DrillingWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Fall preventionPositive retention and reliable securing
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
During casing running on a submersible drilling rig, stabbing-board attachment bolts sheared. One worker fell approximately 40 feet and died; another remained suspended by a safety belt and retractable lifeline. The falling board injured a third worker. The alert recommends checking board anchorage and securing personal fall prevention equipment to the derrick.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert concerns fatal and non-fatal incidents involving a stabbing board.
BSEE Safety Alert 170. Themes: line of fire, working at height.