Safety Alert
Vessel to Vessel Transfer Hose Whiplash Results in Fatality
Vessel to Vessel Transfer Hose Whiplash Results in Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 13-03
- Line of FireMarine Operations
- DrowningLine of fire
- Fluid transfer
- Hose
- Marine industryUpstream oil and gas
- Vessel
Summary
An alert describes a fatal incident during base-oil transfer to an offshore drillship. A hose became tensioned during manifold connection, detached and whipped into a seaman, knocking him overboard. He was recovered by rescue boat with multiple injuries and evacuated by helicopter to hospital, where he died.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Fluid transfer; fluid loading; fluid offloading.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
IADC Alert 13-03. Themes: line of fire, marine operations.