Safety Alert
Crate Lid Dislodged Overboard
Crate Lid Dislodged Overboard
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 25-1
- Dropped ObjectsMarine Operations
- Dropped objects
- Helicopter operations
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
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Summary
During helicopter operations at a drilling rig on the UK Continental Shelf, a wooden lid measuring 3 m by 3 m and weighing approximately 40 kg became detached from a hose transport crate and blew overboard. Nobody was in the area; the alert highlights storage risks near helidecks.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Helicopter operations; offshore aviation; rotary-wing operations.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The alert concerns a crate lid becoming dislodged and falling overboard.
IADC Alert 25-1. Themes: dropped objects, marine operations.