Safety Alert
Air Winch Line Caught in Derrick Fingers Results in an Employee Being Pulled Off of the Rig Floor
Air Winch Line Caught in Derrick Fingers Results in an Employee Being Pulled Off of the Rig Floor
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-05
- Line of FireMachinery and Equipment
- EntanglementFalls from heightLine of fire
- DrillingLifting operations
- Winch
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
An alert describes an air winch line trapped in derrick fingers during installation of a fill and circulation tool. After the tool was lowered to unload the cable, an employee freeing it was pulled off the rig floor, struck his head on the V-door edge and fell to the ground.
Classifications: Entanglement; caught in machinery; drawn into machinery.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Winch; winches.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 14-05. Themes: line of fire, machinery and equipment.