Safety Alert
Safety Alert 179 - Drilling Accident Results in One Fatality
Safety Alert 179 - Drilling Accident Results in One Fatality
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 179
- Process Safety
- Crushing and pinch pointsHuman factors
- Drilling
- Operator displays and control interfacesRotating machinery
- Operating and work proceduresSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore driller was fatally pinned during portable top-drive break-out when tilted elevator links reversed rotation following a control adjustment. The hydraulic pin was disengaged. The alert recommends personnel awareness, prescribed stopping procedures and shielding the control panel, and suggests considering an indicator of pin disengagement.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Operator displays and control interfaces.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 179. Themes: process safety.