Safety Alert
Fatality – Struck By/Caught Between Pipe Handling Catwalk Machine
Fatality – Struck By/Caught Between Pipe Handling Catwalk Machine
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 18-02
- Line of FireMachinery and Equipment
- Crushing and pinch points
- Drilling
- Upstream oil and gas
- Vessel
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Summary
This alert describes a fatal crushing incident on a dynamically positioned drillship during pipe handling and running in the hole. A floorhand left a step-back area and stood beside a stanchion post. Movement of the catwalk machine away from well centre trapped him between its platform and the post.
Classifications: Crushing and pinch points; crush hazards; pinch points.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
A fatal incident involved a person struck by or caught between a pipe-handling catwalk machine.
IADC Alert 18-02. Themes: line of fire, machinery and equipment.