Safety Alert
Improper Rigging Results in a Fatality
Improper Rigging Results in a Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 04-47
- Crane and RiggingLifting Operations
- Dropped objectsLine of fireMechanical failure
- Lifting operationsRigging
- Lifting accessories
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A safety alert describes a fatal incident during drill-pipe lowering from a rig floor towards a catwalk using a winch and V-door ramp. A twin clevis link in the hoisting assembly failed, allowing a joint of pipe to fall onto a crewmember positioned beneath it.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 04-47. Themes: crane and rigging, lifting operations.