Safety Alert
High Pressure Hose Safety
High Pressure Hose Safety
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 98-23
- Line of FirePressure Systems
- Dropped objectsLine of fireMechanical failurePressure systems
- Hose
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
This alert describes a top-drive rotary hose failing while pressurised to 3000 psi. The hose dropped onto the rig floor, knocking a roughneck down. He sustained no serious injury, although the account notes that the incident had the potential to be serious.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Pressure systems; stored pressure; pressurised systems; pressurized systems.
Classifications: Hose; flexible hose.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
A high-pressure top-drive rotary hose ruptured under a pressure of 3000 psi.
IADC Alert 98-23. Themes: line of fire, pressure systems.