Safety Alert
Barricades and Fall Protection Will Help Prevent Injuries Even Without Open Holes Visible
Barricades and Fall Protection Will Help Prevent Injuries Even Without Open Holes Visible
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 438
- Working at Height
- CorrosionDrowningFalls from height
- Inspection and maintenanceWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Exclusion zonesJob safety analysisSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
This alert describes two incidents involving deteriorated deck grating: a contractor fell into water and another worker partially fell through grating. BSEE recommends that operators and contractors consider barricading suspect areas even without visible holes, using fall arrest equipment, preparing job safety analyses, communicating hazards and invoking stop-work authority.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Job safety analysis; JSA; job hazard analysis; JHA.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert explains how barricades and fall protection can prevent injuries around openings.
BSEE Safety Alert 438. Themes: working at height.