Safety Alert
Line-of-Fire Incident Results in Medical Treatment Case
Line-of-Fire Incident Results in Medical Treatment Case
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-26
- Line of Fire
- Line of fire
- Well interventionWorking at height
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
An operator in an aerial lift was struck in the face when a binding lubricator assembly sprang free from a BOP stack during separation on a hybrid well service rig. The alert describes the positioning and movements preceding the impact, subsequent medical assessment and surgery for facial fractures.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Well intervention; workover; well servicing.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 14-26. Themes: line of fire.