Safety Alert
Safety Alert 215 - Diving Fatality
Safety Alert 215 - Diving Fatality
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 215
- Diving
- ExplosionHydrogen safety
- Diving operationsHot workWell abandonment
- Wellhead
- Contractor managementJob safety analysis
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A diver died in an explosion while torch-cutting casing during well abandonment. MMS attributed ignition to a cinder carried in an air bubble reaching accumulated hydrogen above adaptor vent holes. The alert highlights inaccurate configuration information and absent task-specific JSA, recommending reviews of contractor information transfer and management of unexpected conditions.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Hydrogen safety.
Classifications: Diving operations; diving; commercial diving.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Well abandonment; plug and abandonment; P&A.
Classifications: Wellhead; well head.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert concerns a fatal incident during diving operations.
BSEE Safety Alert 215. Themes: diving.