Safety Alert
Labeling, Removing, Storing and Installing Hatch Covers
Labeling, Removing, Storing and Installing Hatch Covers
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 406
- Control of WorkDropped Objects
- Falls from height
- Manual handling
- Competence and trainingHuman-centred designJob safety analysisOperating and work procedures
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
A slickline helper suffered fatal injuries after the wrong well hatch cover was lifted on a Gulf of Mexico facility, exposing an opening through which he fell approximately 90 feet. The alert recommends hatch identification, specific procedures, practical training and hazard review, and suggests mechanical handling to reduce proximity to openings.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Human-centred design.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert provides controls for identifying, handling, storing and installing hatch covers.
BSEE Safety Alert 406. Themes: control of work, dropped objects.