Safety Alert
Safety Alert 42 - Hydraulic Pump Reservoir Ruptures, Minor Injury
Safety Alert 42 - Hydraulic Pump Reservoir Ruptures, Minor Injury
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 42
- Machinery and EquipmentPressure Systems
- Hand and finger injuriesMechanical failurePressure systems
- Inspection and maintenance
- PumpsStorage tanksValve
- Pressure relief
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore platform serviceman suffered minor hand injuries when a hydraulic pump reservoir ruptured during high-pressure safety-pilot testing. Leaking discharge and suction check valves admitted pressure beyond the reservoir’s low-pressure capability. The operator instructed personnel to install a vent or relief valve before reusing these pumps.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Pumps.
Classifications: Storage tanks; atmospheric tanks.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Pressure relief; overpressure protection.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 42. Themes: machinery and equipment, pressure systems.