Safety Alert
Drop Object Results in Lost Time Incident
Drop Object Results in Lost Time Incident
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-02
- Dropped Objects
- Dropped objects
- Drilling
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
An alert describes a lost-time incident involving a 26 kg drilling jar mandrel clamp that fell from approximately 30 feet above the rotary table. It bounced off a derrick beam before striking a floorhand’s hardhat and left shoulder, causing a laceration.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
An alert about a dropped-object event that caused a lost-time incident.
IADC Alert 14-02. Themes: dropped objects.