Safety Alert
Lifeboat Failures and Damage Occur During Maintenance
Lifeboat Failures and Damage Occur During Maintenance
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 398
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueInspection and Maintenance
- Mechanical failure
- Inspection and maintenanceLifting operations
- LifeboatWinch
- Contractor managementFunctional testingPre-use checksPreventive maintenance
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Two Gulf of Mexico lifeboat incidents during maintenance testing and inspection involved brake and winch failures, and platform contact damaging a gripe plate. Neither incident injured personnel. The alert recommends that operators consider maintenance assurance, contractor oversight, post-work verification, entry checks and maintenance pendants, alongside review of launching conditions and procedures.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Functional testing; function test.
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 concerns lifeboat failures and damage occurring during maintenance activities.
BSEE Safety Alert 398. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, inspection and maintenance.