Safety Alert
Safety Alert 392 - Personnel Transfer Injuries Escalate Over 1-Year Period
Safety Alert 392 - Personnel Transfer Injuries Escalate Over 1-Year Period
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 392
- Marine Operations
- DrowningLine of fireSlips, trips and falls
- Personnel transfer
- Competence and trainingEmergency responseFitness assessmentStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
BSEE summarises personnel transfer injuries involving baskets and swing ropes between April 2019 and April 2020, alongside near misses and man-overboard incidents. It recommends that operators and contractors consider realistic response drills, communication about dangerous transfer conditions, stop-work training and continued fitness for duty following initial training and certification.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Personnel transfer; crew transfer.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Fitness assessment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert addresses injuries occurring during personnel transfer activities.
BSEE Safety Alert 392. Themes: marine operations.