Investigation Report

Transocean Offshore - Transocean Barents - Investigation into an incident involving personal injury

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Transocean Offshore - Transocean Barents - Investigation into an incident involving personal injury

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Summary

Investigation of a derrick inspection injury on Transocean Barents during drillstring running. A descending top-drive yoke struck and squeezed a worker against a platform railing. Findings address inadequate platform protection, conflicting access procedures, unclear restricted zones and deficient coordination and risk assessment of simultaneous work.

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About This Record
Publisher
Norwegian Ocean Industry Authority
Type
Investigation Report
Date
Unknown
Topic
Crushing and Pinch Points, Risk Management
Activity
Drilling, Inspection and Maintenance, Working at Height
Control
Exclusion Zones, Machine Guarding, Operating and Work Procedures, Simultaneous Operations Coordination
Sector
Upstream Oil and Gas
Setting
Offshore Installation
Link
Checked , working
Record
havtil-4a43c8fc1d · added 2 October 2026

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