Safety Alert
Safety Alert 289 - Failure to Follow Lock-Out/Tag-Out Procedures Results in Gas Release
Safety Alert 289 - Failure to Follow Lock-Out/Tag-Out Procedures Results in Gas Release
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 289
- Control of WorkHydrocarbon ReleaseIsolation
- Hydrocarbon releasePressure systems
- Inspection and maintenance
- Process pipework and pipelinesRotating machineryValve
- Energy and process isolationJob safety analysisLockout and tagoutOperational supervision
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
During turbine compressor overhaul on a production platform, pressure from a shared suction system displaced a plumber’s plug, releasing gas and triggering platform shut-in. The alert identifies conflicting isolation instructions and inadequate operator oversight, recommending identification of shared piping hazards, positive isolation and familiarity with lockout and tagout policy.
Classifications: Hydrocarbon release; hydrocarbon leak; oil and gas release.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Energy and process isolation; isolation; energy isolation.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Lockout and tagout; LOTO; lockout/tagout.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert addresses a gas release caused by failure to follow lockout and tagout procedures.
BSEE Safety Alert 289. Themes: control of work, hydrocarbon release, isolation.