Safety Alert
Man-Riding Incident
Man-Riding Incident
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 03-37
- Lifting OperationsWorking at Height
- Crushing and pinch pointsHand and finger injuries
- Lifting operationsWorking at height
- Winch
- Safety communication
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
An inexperienced floorhand was lowered in a man-rider elevator basket to measure between the rig floor and Texas deck. The crew proceeded before the flagman returned, with restricted operator visibility. The worker reported apparently trapping his right ring finger between the basket and a BOP lifting frame while pushing away from congestion.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert concerns an incident during personnel lifting operations.
IADC Alert 03-37. Themes: lifting operations, working at height.