Safety Alert
Safety Alert 40 - Beam Falls, Man Injured
Safety Alert 40 - Beam Falls, Man Injured
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 40
- Dropped Objects
- Dropped objects
- Well intervention
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
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Summary
A wireline helper was injured by a falling steel beam on an offshore production platform. The beam had been moved for wellhead access and was inadvertently pulled off its support during weight-indicator removal. The operator is replacing the timber decking and beams with steel decking incorporating removable wellhead covers.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Well intervention; workover; well servicing.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert concerns an injury caused when a beam fell.
BSEE Safety Alert 40. Themes: dropped objects.