Safety Alert
Modified Equipment – Battery Leads
Modified Equipment – Battery Leads
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 05-16
- Electrical SafetyManagement of Change
- Electrical safety
- Fluid transfer
- Risk assessment
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Summary
This alert presents an employee’s hazard identification observation rather than an injury or near miss. Modified vehicle-refuelling equipment used an extension cord to connect a 12-volt battery to a 12-volt DC fuel pump. The account highlights employee use of the rig’s HAZID system.
Classifications: Electrical safety; electrical hazards.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
IADC Alert 05-16. Themes: electrical safety, management of change.