Safety Alert
Safety Alert 78 - Explosion and Fire
Safety Alert 78 - Explosion and Fire
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 78
- ExplosionHot Work and Fire
- ExplosionFire
- Hot work
- Fire protectionOperational supervision
- ConstructionUpstream oil and gas
Summary
An alert describes cutting-torch sparks igniting accumulated hydrocarbons beneath a production-platform deck, followed by a paint-solvent drum explosion. Cutting had resumed after lunch without fire watchers present. The operator’s corrective actions included removing flammable drums, checking fire-watcher attendance and having the foreman inspect the work area before hot work.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Fire protection; fire suppression; fire detection.
Classifications: Operational supervision.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
BSEE Safety Alert 78. Themes: explosion, hot work and fire.