Safety Alert
42 Inch Drive Down Adapter Falls to Rig Floor Resulting in a Fatality
42 Inch Drive Down Adapter Falls to Rig Floor Resulting in a Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 06-40
- Dropped Objects
- Dropped objectsLine of fireMechanical failure
- Lifting operations
- Lifting accessories
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A safety alert describes a fatal incident during removal of a conductor-pipe drive-down adapter using a rig’s travelling block. The 12,000 lb adapter separated from its lifting plate and fell 9 ft to the rig floor. One floorman sustained fatal injuries; another injured his foot while escaping.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 06-40. Themes: dropped objects.