Safety Alert
Fatality on Drill Floor
Fatality on Drill Floor
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 15-10
- Machinery and Equipment
- Line of fireMechanical failure
- Drilling
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A drilling alert describes a fatality during casing running using a hydraracker. A landing-string stand became blocked at the lower finger board while the operator continued retracting the arms. Stored energy was released when the lower tailing-arm latches failed to withstand the forces, causing the stand to recoil and strike a worker.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
The alert concerns a fatal event involving personnel working on a drilling rig floor.
IADC Alert 15-10. Themes: machinery and equipment.