Safety Alert
Safety Alert 351 - BSEE Identifies Rig Operations Hazards during Risk Based Inspections
Safety Alert 351 - BSEE Identifies Rig Operations Hazards during Risk Based Inspections
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 351
- Inspection and MaintenanceMachinery and Equipment
- Electrical safetyFatigueRisk managementStructural and asset integrity
- DrillingInspection and maintenanceLifting operations
- Fall protection equipment
- Emergency responseExclusion zonesFitness assessmentPreventive maintenance
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
BSEE summarises performance-based risk inspections of 11 Gulf of Mexico rigs following a review of 2016–2018 compliance and incident data. Findings address contractor communication, emergency drills, short-service employees, fitness for duty, safe zones, fall protection, grounding and man riding. Recommendations focus on reviewing procedures and strengthening equipment integrity arrangements.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Fatigue; worker fatigue; alertness impairment.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Fitness assessment.
Classifications: Preventive maintenance; preventative maintenance; planned maintenance.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 351. Themes: inspection and maintenance, machinery and equipment.