Safety Alert
Safety Alert 389 - Fatality Caused By Freefalling Pipe Underscores the Need to Adhere to Safety and Environmental Management Systems & Safe Work Practices
Safety Alert 389 - Fatality Caused By Freefalling Pipe Underscores the Need to Adhere to Safety and Environmental Management Systems & Safe Work Practices
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 389
- Control of WorkDropped ObjectsLine of Fire
- Dropped objectsLine of fire
- Lifting operationsWorking at height
- Scaffold
- Job safety analysisOperational supervisionSafety communicationStop-work authority
- ConstructionUpstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
A contractor died when manila rope parted while lowering a cut firewater pipe on a Gulf of Mexico facility. The alert examines deficient task analysis, scaffolding arrangements, supervision and hazard communication. BSEE recommends operators consider stronger training, safe-work compliance, stop-work intervention and safety documents in languages workers understand.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Scaffold; scaffolding.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert examines a fatality caused by free-falling pipe and stresses adherence to safe work systems.
BSEE Safety Alert 389. Themes: control of work, dropped objects, line of fire.