Safety Alert
Grating Failures Cause a Fatality and a Serious Near Miss
Grating Failures Cause a Fatality and a Serious Near Miss
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 399
- Slips, Trips and FallsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Falls from heightStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Exclusion zonesFall preventionJob safety analysisSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
This alert describes two grating failures in May 2020: a contractor died after falling 30–40 feet, while an electrician caught himself and was assisted to safety. BSEE recommends considering structural inspections, marking and barricading suspect areas, repairs or mitigation, facility-level fall protection practices, worker discussions and pre-operation job safety analysis.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert addresses fatal and near-miss events associated with failed grating.
BSEE Safety Alert 399. Themes: slips, trips and falls, structural and asset integrity.