Safety Alert
Derrickman Falls Across Derrick
Derrickman Falls Across Derrick
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 07-01
- Working at Height
- Falls from heightLine of fire
- DrillingWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A derrickman preparing for tripping connected his retracting lifeline but not his tail lanyard. Grasping the elevator horns lifted him from the board. He rode a stand across the derrick, then used the bridle line to reach a beam and return to the ladder.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The rig had been circulating off bottom and was about to trip back to bottom.
IADC Alert 07-01. Themes: working at height.