Safety Alert
Rig worker falls while descending derrick ladder
Rig worker falls while descending derrick ladder
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 24-1
- Slips, Trips and FallsWorking at Height
- Falls from heightSlips, trips and falls
- DrillingWorking at height
- Ladder
- Upstream oil and gas
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Summary
A worker slipped while descending a derrick ladder after untying a lashed double stand of drill pipe. The worker had connected a full-body harness to the fall-arrest system’s cable sleeve before descending, but fell 6–7 ft (approximately 2 m) onto an intermediate platform.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Slips, trips and falls; same-level falls.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Ladder; ladders.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
IADC Alert 24-1. Themes: slips, trips and falls, working at height.