Safety Alert
Safety Alert 86 - Fatality
Safety Alert 86 - Fatality
- BSEE
- Safety Alert
- BSEE Safety Alert 86
- Entanglement
- Inspection and maintenance
- Rotating machinery
- Lockout and tagoutSafety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
A driller’s helper suffered fatal injuries when a mud-tank agitator activated during cleaning on an offshore drilling platform, entangling him in its paddles. The operator’s stated actions include improved crew communication, electrical de-energisation with lockout and tagging, safety-meeting discussion and inspections to check implementation.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Lockout and tagout; LOTO; lockout/tagout.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert reports a fatal incident.
BSEE Safety Alert 86.