Safety Alert
Safety Alert 23 - Sump Tank Fire, Man Burned
Safety Alert 23 - Sump Tank Fire, Man Burned
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 23
- Hot Work and Fire
- FireHand and finger injuries
- Well intervention
- HosePumpsStorage tanks
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Gas escaping from an open sump tank ignited during flowline and header bleed-off following well swabbing on an offshore production platform. A wireline helper suffered burns; ignition cause was unknown. The operator planned lid seals and locks, bleed-off hose connections and vent lines routed to safe locations.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Well intervention; workover; well servicing.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert concerns a sump-tank fire in which a worker was burned.
BSEE Safety Alert 23. Themes: hot work and fire.