Safety Alert
Safety Alert 195 - Riser Skate/Casing Handling Carts
Safety Alert 195 - Riser Skate/Casing Handling Carts
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 195
- Machinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsMechanical failure
- DrillingInspection and maintenance
- Crane
- Job safety analysisPositive retention and reliable securingPreventive maintenanceRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Two fatal cart incidents on Gulf of Mexico semi-submersible drilling units involved unintended movement with defective brakes and a gantry-crane collision during towing. The alert recommends reviewing cart operations and maintenance, considering hazard analysis, job safety analyses, documented inspection procedures and positive locking against unwanted movement.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 195. Themes: machinery and equipment.