Safety Alert
Safety Alert 238 - Floorhand Crushed During a Through-Rotary Man-Riding Operation
Safety Alert 238 - Floorhand Crushed During a Through-Rotary Man-Riding Operation
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 238
- Lifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch points
- Lifting operations
- Blowout preventerWinch
- Job safety analysisOperating and work proceduresPermit to workSimultaneous operations coordination
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A floorhand suffered a serious crushing injury when a BOP stack shifted during through-rotary man-riding work while a derrickman separately loosened winch connections. The alert recommends procedure review, signed permits and coordinated JSA meetings, and suggests considering lifting from the Texas deck and halting secondary operations.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Blowout preventer; BOP; blow-out preventer.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Permit to work; PTW; work permit.
Classifications: Simultaneous operations coordination; SIMOPS; simultaneous operations.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
BSEE Safety Alert 238. Themes: lifting operations, line of fire.