Safety Alert
Handrail Inspections and Safety
Handrail Inspections and Safety
- IADC
- Safety Alert
- IADC Alert 99-15
- Slips, Trips and FallsStructural and Asset Integrity
- Falls from heightStructural and asset integrity
- Manual handlingWorking at height
- Fall prevention
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
During rig dismantling, a worker on a mudtank walkway leaned against a handrail while helping colleagues lift a hose. The rail failed, and he fell approximately 10 feet (3 metres). A colleague broke his fall, but striking a hose stand caused a small fracture at the top of his foot.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Manual handling; manual lifting.
Classifications: Working at height; work at height.
Classifications: Fall prevention; edge protection; guardrails.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
A rig was being rigged down and four employees were unhooking the mudline to stack out for transport.
IADC Alert 99-15. Themes: slips, trips and falls, structural and asset integrity.