Safety Alert
Safety Alert 374 - Air Compressor Flaws Lead to Engine Fire
Safety Alert 374 - Air Compressor Flaws Lead to Engine Fire
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 374
- Hot Work and FireMachinery and Equipment
- FireLoss of containmentMechanical failurePressure systems
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machineryValve
- Job safety analysisPre-use checksPreventive maintenance
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An air-compressor fire on a Gulf of Mexico production platform followed regulator diaphragm rupture and hydraulic fluid release through PSV outlets. Fluid ignited on the hot exhaust manifold after shutdown. The alert recommends considering condition checks, additional pressure shutdown protection, controlled discharge arrangements and periodic diaphragm inspections.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Loss of containment; containment loss.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Pre-use checks; pre-use inspection.
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.
Summary
The alert links air-compressor defects with an engine fire.
BSEE Safety Alert 374. Themes: hot work and fire, machinery and equipment.