Safety Alert
Movement of Material Results in Dropped Gas Bottle
Movement of Material Results in Dropped Gas Bottle
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 03-21
- Dropped Objects
- Dropped objects
- Lifting operations
- CraneGas cylinderValve
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Summary
During preparations for a rig move, a crane swung an oxygen and acetylene bottle rack without sufficient clearance over a pipe rack post. Impact opened the oxygen-side door bar, releasing several bottles onto the main deck. Two bottles lost their valves; the bottles were empty and nobody was injured.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Crane; cranes.
Classifications: Gas cylinder; compressed gas bottle; gas cylinders.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Summary
Material movement caused a gas bottle to fall, highlighting dropped-object hazards.
IADC Alert 03-21. Themes: dropped objects.