Safety Alert
Safety Lanyard Near Miss Incident
Safety Lanyard Near Miss Incident
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 02-34
- Personal Protective EquipmentWorking at Height
- Entanglement
- Drilling
- Fall protection equipmentRotating machinery
- Stop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A drilling near miss involved a floorman assembling a rotating-head clamp at the BOP stack during pipe tripping. Before he descended, the driller rotated the rotary table to make a connection. The floorman’s safety lanyard nearly became entangled; his shout prompted the driller to stop rotation.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 02-34. Themes: personal protective equipment, working at height.