Safety Alert
Lack of Communication/Failure to Stop Job Results in Fatality
Lack of Communication/Failure to Stop Job Results in Fatality
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-21
- Control of WorkHuman Factors
- Dropped objectsHuman factorsLine of fire
- DrillingVehicles and driving
- Safety communicationStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
During casing operations, a crew continued using a rented forklift despite an incorrectly secured fork carriage. Attempts to reposition the forks dislodged the carriage, which fell onto a worker standing beneath it and caused fatal injuries. The account highlights misunderstanding of hydraulic pins and an unheeded warning about the worker’s position.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Vehicles and driving; driving; road transport.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert concerns fatal consequences associated with poor communication and failure to stop a job.
IADC Alert 14-21. Themes: control of work, human factors.