Safety Alert
Personnel Hoisting Incident Results in a Fatality
Personnel Hoisting Incident Results in a Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 05-01
- Lifting Operations
- Falls from height
- Lifting operationsPressure testingWorking at height
- ValveWinch
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A fatal personnel-hoisting incident occurred during pressure testing and adjustment of an upper Kelly cock. A floorhand wearing a fall-arrest harness was raised by winch to 12 metres above the rig floor. During lowering, he moved onto the derrick; he apparently disconnected, lost his grip and fell about 10 metres.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Pressure testing; hydrostatic testing; pneumatic testing.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Valve; valves.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 05-01. Themes: lifting operations.