Safety Alert
Master Bushings set on IP’s Toe – LTI
Master Bushings set on IP’s Toe – LTI
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 05-20
- Line of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsSlips, trips and falls
- DrillingLifting operationsManual handling
- Winch
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A tourpusher fractured his left big toe while repositioning rotary master bushings after retrieving a drill pipe wiper rubber. An air tugger supported the operation, with manual pulling and pushing. The bushings obscured the operator’s view of the worker’s feet; following a slack-off instruction, his foot slipped over the rotary opening.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert concerns a worker's toe being trapped beneath master bushings.
IADC Alert 05-20. Themes: line of fire.