Safety Alert
Safety Alert 172 - Personnel Overexposed to Carbon Monoxide
Safety Alert 172 - Personnel Overexposed to Carbon Monoxide
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 172
- Hazardous SubstancesOccupational Health
- Hazardous substancesOccupational healthRespiratory hazards
- Gas detector
- Alarm managementEvacuation, escape and rescueVentilation
- Offshore installation
Summary
Platform personnel suffered carbon monoxide overexposure while sleeping after changed wind conditions directed engine exhaust into accommodation ventilation; one employee required hospital treatment. The alert recommends testing high-risk areas and, where danger is identified, appropriate exhaust rerouting, intake relocation, monitoring alarms and improvements to building integrity.
Classifications: Hazardous substances; hazardous chemicals; chemical exposure.
Classifications: Occupational health; worker health.
Classifications: Respiratory hazards; respirable dust; inhalation hazards.
Classifications: Gas detector; gas monitor; gas detection instrument.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Ventilation; forced ventilation.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 172. Themes: hazardous substances, occupational health.