Safety Alert
Personnel Basket Failure – Serious Near Hit
Personnel Basket Failure – Serious Near Hit
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 14-29
- Lifting OperationsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Mechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- Lifting operationsWorking at height
- Lifting accessories
- Safety communicationStop-work authority
Summary
A personnel basket carrying a floorhand for maintenance inside a derrick snagged on an obstruction, partially separating its lifting pipe approximately 110 feet above the rig floor. The rider repeatedly called for a stop, then supported his weight on a guideline during lowering. The pipe separated completely at floor level.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Lifting accessories; lifting gear; rigging gear.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
IADC Alert 14-29. Themes: lifting operations, structural and asset integrity.