Safety Alert
Safety Alert 244 - Two Injured in Separate Incidents from Lack of Fall Protection and Improper Supervision
Safety Alert 244 - Two Injured in Separate Incidents from Lack of Fall Protection and Improper Supervision
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 244
- Leadership and CultureWorking at Height
- Falls from heightMechanical failure
- Lifting operationsWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Job safety analysisOperating and work proceduresOperational supervision
- Upstream oil and gas
- HelideckOffshore installation
Summary
This alert describes two offshore injuries: a worker fell from a flare boom after weld failure, and another fell through an opening created during helideck skirting removal. MMS identifies inadequate supervision and missing fall protection, recommending accountable contractor supervision, pre-job JSA reviews and secure fall-protection connections.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Helideck; helicopter landing deck.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert concerns two injuries linked to inadequate fall protection and improper supervision.
BSEE Safety Alert 244. Themes: leadership and culture, working at height.