Safety Alert
Improper Use of Retractable Life Line Results in an LTI
Improper Use of Retractable Life Line Results in an LTI
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 07-19
- Personal Protective EquipmentWorking at Height
- Crushing and pinch pointsEntanglement
- DrillingWorking at height
- Fall protection equipment
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
An alert describes a derrickman’s ankle injury after his retractable lifeline cable caught on the travelling blocks’ inspection door. Descending blocks pulled his harness, forcing him to squat on the monkey board. His left leg entered the board’s fingers, and pressure from the descending blocks broke his ankle.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
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
Improper use of a retractable lifeline resulted in a lost-time injury.
IADC Alert 07-19. Themes: personal protective equipment, working at height.