Safety Alert
Hot Work Operations Results in Dropped Object
Hot Work Operations Results in Dropped Object
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 13-10
- Dropped ObjectsHot Work and Fire
- Dropped objects
- Hot workLifting operationsRigging
- Positive retention and reliable securing
- ConstructionUpstream oil and gas
Summary
During removal of derrick crown platform grating, a construction contractor used a pulley system and retaining wire before cutting a section free for lowering. A 5.7 kg section detached and fell 52 m, striking accommodation, breaking into three pieces and landing on the rig’s port-side box girder.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Hot work; welding and cutting.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Construction; construction industry.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 13-10. Themes: dropped objects, hot work and fire.