Safety Alert
Stabbing Board Incident Results in Fatality
Stabbing Board Incident Results in Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 04-40
- Working at Height
- Dropped objectsFalls from heightMechanical failure
- Lifting operationsWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
This alert describes a fatal rig incident during casing hoisting. The travelling block struck and dislodged a stabbing board platform, causing it to fall. A worker on the platform also fell and hit the rig floor after his safety belt lanyard parted; he later died.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 04-40. Themes: working at height.