Safety Alert
LTI – Struck by Flowline and Fall in Substructure
LTI – Struck by Flowline and Fall in Substructure
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 08-08
- Line of FireSlips, Trips and Falls
- Falls from heightLine of fire
- Lifting operationsRigging
- Lifting accessoriesProcess pipework and pipelines
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A crew dismantling a flowline used only one of two available pad eyes, leaving the load unbalanced. A Dresser sleeve came loose and the flowline pivoted. Its unsupported end struck a floorman on a lower beam, causing a two-metre fall and three cracked ribs.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Process pipework and pipelines; process piping.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert describes a lost-time injury involving contact with a flowline and a fall into the substructure.
IADC Alert 08-08. Themes: line of fire, slips, trips and falls.