Safety Alert
Loose, Unsecured Clothing Results in a Fatality
Loose, Unsecured Clothing Results in a Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 07-36
- Line of FirePersonal Protective Equipment
- Entanglement
- Drilling
- Rotating machinery
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
This alert describes a fatal entanglement during preparation for a drilling connection. After applying pipe compound to a joint in the mouse hole, a driller stood beside the rotary table. The drawstring of his oversized, unsecured jacket caught in the rotating Kelly/crossover sub, pulling him into it.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Rotating machinery; rotating equipment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 07-36. Themes: line of fire, personal protective equipment.