Safety Alert
Safety Alert 301 - Fall/Fatality during P&A/Platform Abandonment
Safety Alert 301 - Fall/Fatality during P&A/Platform Abandonment
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 301
- Working at Height
- Falls from height
- DecommissioningLifting operationsRiggingWell abandonment
- Crane
- Evacuation, escape and rescueFall preventionJob safety analysisOperational supervision
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
A roustabout died after stepping or being dragged into a deck opening exposed during a night-time power swivel lift on an offshore platform undergoing abandonment. The alert examines short tag lines, obstructed crane visibility, incomplete hazard discussions and supervision deficiencies, recommending comprehensive JSAs, fall protection and clearer medical evacuation arrangements.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Decommissioning; facility dismantling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Well abandonment; plug and abandonment; P&A.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert concerns a fatal fall during platform abandonment work.
BSEE Safety Alert 301. Themes: working at height.