Safety Alert
Rig Down Lifting Operation Results in a Fatality
Rig Down Lifting Operation Results in a Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 07-14
- Lifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Crushing and pinch pointsFalls from heightLine of fire
- Lifting operationsRiggingWorking at height
- Lifting accessories
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
During rig dismantling for a conventional move, workers disconnected a bridle line while standing on a catwalk raised by crane above pipe racks. Removing the first securing pin tilted the travelling block and swung the catwalk. The driller fell between them and died; two crew members were injured.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 07-14. Themes: lifting operations, line of fire.