Safety Alert
Safety Alert 58 - Fatality, Stabbing Board Falls
Safety Alert 58 - Fatality, Stabbing Board Falls
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 58
- Dropped Objects
- Falls from heightMechanical failure
- DrillingInspection and maintenanceWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Competence and training
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An offshore drilling worker died after a metal-basket stabbing board dropped following air-hoist cable unspooling and breakage. He fell to the rig floor 50 feet below. The locking lever and safety harness were unused. The operator’s actions included safety-device instruction, vigilant use and frequent inspection.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
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: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
BSEE Safety Alert 58. Themes: dropped objects.