Safety Alert
Work Platform Dropped Into Sea
Work Platform Dropped Into Sea
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 20-08
- Dropped ObjectsLifting Operations
- Dropped objectsHuman factors
- Fall protection equipmentOperator displays and control interfaces
- Positive retention and reliable securing
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
An alert describes a BOP trolley work platform dropping into the sea after its operator selected the wrong control lever while attempting to move closer to the riser. The action released securing pins. Two personnel were restrained by self-retracting lifelines and recovered without injury.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Fall protection equipment; safety harness; fall arrest equipment.
Classifications: Operator displays and control interfaces.
Classifications: Positive retention and reliable securing.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 20-08. Themes: dropped objects, lifting operations.