Safety Alert
Dropped Pipe Spinner
Dropped Pipe Spinner
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 01-34
- Dropped ObjectsMachinery and Equipment
- Dropped objectsMechanical failureSlips, trips and falls
- Drilling
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A floorman returning a pipe spinner to its stand during a trip was pushed aside when the spinner dropped approximately four feet to the rig floor. The top U-bolt had backed out from the piston arm. He fell backwards, sustaining a twisted ankle and bruised knee.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
A floorman was running the pipe spinner during a trip.
IADC Alert 01-34. Themes: dropped objects, machinery and equipment.