Safety Alert
Electrical Troubleshooting Incident
Electrical Troubleshooting Incident
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 04-30
- Electrical SafetyMachinery and Equipment
- Arc flashElectrical safetyHand and finger injuries
- Electrical work
- Switchgear
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Summary
An electrician investigating the electrical supply to a main engine-cooling pump tested fuses inside a motor control centre using a multimeter on its resistance scale. The meter probe shorted across two fuses, causing flash burns to the electrician’s hands and a consequential rig blackout.
Classifications: Arc flash; arc fault; arc-flash.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Hand and finger injuries; finger injury; hand injury.
Classifications: Electrical work; electrical maintenance.
Classifications: Switchgear; switch gear.
Summary
A problem was experienced with a main engine-cooling pump.
IADC Alert 04-30. Themes: electrical safety, machinery and equipment.