Safety Alert
Safety Alert 26 - Crown Block on Workover Rig Fails, Fatality
Safety Alert 26 - Crown Block on Workover Rig Fails, Fatality
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 26
- Structural and Asset IntegrityWorking at Height
- Dropped objectsMechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenanceWell intervention
- Non-destructive testing
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore workover rig suffered crown-block support weld failure while jarring stuck drill pipe. Falling equipment struck two men, killing one and seriously injuring the other. The operator recommends radiographic examination of all crucial derrick welds after manufacture and before the first job.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Well intervention; workover; well servicing.
Classifications: Non-destructive testing; NDT; non-destructive examination; NDE.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 26. Themes: structural and asset integrity, working at height.