Safety Alert
Safety Alert 278 - One Killed when Oil Pollution Pan Falls
Safety Alert 278 - One Killed when Oil Pollution Pan Falls
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 278
- Dropped Objects
- Dropped objectsFalls from heightHuman factors
- DrillingHot work
- Job safety analysisOperational supervisionSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A welder died when an oil pollution pan fell during preparations to run casing on a drilling rig. Cutting severed its supporting straps. The alert identifies misunderstood attachments, absent fall protection, inadequate job planning and confused supervision, and recommends considering comprehensive JSA meetings, clearer responsibilities and effective stop-work signals.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
BSEE Safety Alert 278. Themes: dropped objects.