Safety Alert
Safety Alert 247 - Fatality on Storm-Damaged Platform
Safety Alert 247 - Fatality on Storm-Damaged Platform
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 247
- Structural and Asset Integrity
- DrowningFalls from heightStructural and asset integrity
- Exclusion zonesOperating and work proceduresRisk assessmentSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A contractor boarded an unmanned, storm-damaged platform for unknown reasons, fell more than 20 feet, struck his head on a lower deck and entered the water; he was later pronounced dead. MMS identified access-control failures and recommended reviewing boarding policies, communicating restrictions, preparing hazard mitigation plans and barricading access.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
A fatal incident occurred on a platform damaged by severe weather.
BSEE Safety Alert 247. Themes: structural and asset integrity.