Safety Alert
Self-Retracting Lifeline (SRL) Anchor Post Failure Results in Near Miss
Self-Retracting Lifeline (SRL) Anchor Post Failure Results in Near Miss
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-22
- Structural and Asset IntegrityWorking at Height
- Dropped objectsMechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Drilling
- Fall protection equipment
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A drilling crew noticed a self-retracting lifeline anchor post hanging beside the mast after a third-party employee alerted them. Operations stopped, revealing a fracture at the gusset top. The post apparently fell towards the mast and stopped on impacting the lifeline unit, which lay over the crown.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
A failed self-retracting lifeline anchor post created a near-miss fall hazard.
IADC Alert 14-22. Themes: structural and asset integrity, working at height.