Safety Alert
Rig personnel exposed to unrecognized stored-energy hazard
Rig personnel exposed to unrecognized stored-energy hazard
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 23-6
- Control of WorkIsolation
- Line of fire
- Manual handling
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
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Summary
During preparations to skid a jackup rig’s cantilever, an operating handle became stuck while a worker manually turned a skidding pin. Hydraulic release of some jack tension allowed the pin and handle assembly to rotate suddenly downwards, exposing the worker to a struck-by hazard from unrecognised stored energy.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
IADC Alert 23-6. Themes: control of work, isolation.