Safety Alert
Fall From Rig Floor
Fall From Rig Floor
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 01-13
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Falls from heightLine of fire
- DrillingLifting operationsManual handling
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A drilling crew raised cut casing with an air hoist and attempted to push it towards the V-door. The casing moved back, pushing two workers towards an open floor plate. A motorman fell through the opening onto scaffolding and then matting, sustaining skull and thigh fractures and bruising.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
A drill crew was preparing to nipple down the 20″ diverter and cut off the 16″ casing.
IADC Alert 01-13. Themes: slips, trips and falls.