Safety Alert
Man-Riding Operation Results in a Fatality
Man-Riding Operation Results in a Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 05-45
- Lifting Operations
- Falls from height
- DrillingLifting operationsWorking at height
- Lifting accessoriesWinch
- Upstream oil and gas
Read at IADCOpens the publisher’s page on iadc.org
Summary
A safety alert describes a fatal man-riding incident during preparation for drilling after a rig move. While workers tied back the mast lifting line equalising yoke, the supporting cable came off a snatch block beneath the crown assembly. The worker and cable fell 35 metres to the rig floor.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 05-45. Themes: lifting operations.