Safety Alert
Lifeboat Incident Results in a Fatality
Lifeboat Incident Results in a Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 09-23
- Emergency ResponseEvacuation, Escape and Rescue
- Mechanical failure
- Lifting operations
- LifeboatLifting accessories
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
During recovery after a planned MODU lifeboat drill, the aft hook opened inadvertently near the stowed position. The boat swung onto its forward hook before that davit line failed, sending the craft and seven occupants approximately 65 feet into the sea. One crew member died and six were injured.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
IADC Alert 09-23. Themes: emergency response, evacuation, escape and rescue.