Safety Alert
Safety Alert 202 - TemporaryCraneSupportFailure, Fatality
Safety Alert 202 - TemporaryCraneSupportFailure, Fatality
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 202
- Crane and RiggingStructural and Asset Integrity
- Dropped objectsStructural and asset integrity
- Lifting operations
- Crane
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
A temporary rental crane on a production platform lost its welded strong-back support while positioning a removed flare stack for loading onto a boat. The crane and load fell into the sea, killing a rigger. Investigation remained ongoing; MMS recommended rigorous engineering and operational review of every phase of crane operations.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert concerns temporary crane support failure that resulted in a fatality.
BSEE Safety Alert 202. Themes: crane and rigging, structural and asset integrity.