Safety Alert
Dropped Accumulator Bottle Results in a Fatality
Dropped Accumulator Bottle Results in a Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 05-25
- Dropped ObjectsExplosionPressure Systems
- Dropped objectsExplosionLine of firePressure systems
- Pressure vessel
Summary
A rig manager collecting freight from a third-party distributor was fatally injured when an accumulator bottle exploded after striking a concrete pad edge. The bottle is believed to have fallen from a pallet as a forklift reversed away from a trailer. The manager stood approximately 25 feet (7.5 metres) from the trailer.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Explosion; explosive atmospheres.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Pressure vessel; pressure vessels.
Summary
A Rig Manager was fatally injured after an accumulator bottle exploded.
IADC Alert 05-25. Themes: dropped objects, explosion, pressure systems.