Safety Alert
Safety Alert 391 - Improper Use of Equipment Results in Shock Loaded Crane and Damaged Tension Packer
Safety Alert 391 - Improper Use of Equipment Results in Shock Loaded Crane and Damaged Tension Packer
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 391
- Crane and RiggingLifting OperationsMachinery and Equipment
- Mechanical failure
- Lifting operationsWell abandonment
- Crane
- Job safety analysisLifting planOperating and work procedures
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
During plug and abandonment work, four attempts to set a tension packer using a platform crane ended in shear-ring failure and crane shock loading. The alert identifies repeated loading, unknown equipment tolerances, inadequate hazard analysis and a restrained load, and recommends considering manufacturer specifications, dynamic load charts and job-specific work controls.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Well abandonment; plug and abandonment; P&A.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Lifting plan; lift planning.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
BSEE Safety Alert 391. Themes: crane and rigging, lifting operations, machinery and equipment.