Safety Alert
Safety Alert 376 - Rig Floorman Pinned by Moving Equipment
Safety Alert 376 - Rig Floorman Pinned by Moving Equipment
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 376
- Line of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch pointsMechanical failure
- Operator displays and control interfaces
- Exclusion zonesFunctional testingHuman-centred designSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A rig floorman suffered a major lost-time injury when an Iron Roughneck control panel pinned him against a guide roller assembly after its travel switch failed to return to neutral. BSEE recommends considering design and layout changes, checking control functionality, evaluating proximity switches and delineating unsafe operating areas.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Operator displays and control interfaces.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
Classifications: Human-centred design.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert concerns a rig worker being pinned by moving equipment.
BSEE Safety Alert 376. Themes: line of fire, machinery and equipment.