Safety Alert
Electrical shock to rig personnel from third party rotating head hydraulic unit
Electrical shock to rig personnel from third party rotating head hydraulic unit
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 23-4
- Electrical Safety
- Electric shock
- Inspection and maintenance
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A rig employee reported an electric shock while closing a rotating-head clamp, holding a hydraulic line with one hand and resting the other on the head. Drilling-contractor electricians could not identify the source; third-party equipment-owner electricians subsequently attended to inspect their equipment.
Classifications: Electric shock; electrocution.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 23-4. Themes: electrical safety.