Safety Flash
BSEE: Crewman fell to his death through faulty grating
BSEE: Crewman fell to his death through faulty grating
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 11/21
- Contractor ManagementCorrosionStructural and Asset IntegrityWorking at Height
- CorrosionFalls from heightStructural and asset integrity
- Inspection and maintenance
- Contractor managementExclusion zonesSafety communicationStop-work authority
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
This safety flash summarises BSEE findings on a fatal platform fall in the Gulf of Mexico in 2019. A production operator fell through corroded grating into the sea. It highlights deficient walking surfaces, hazard communication and barricading, alongside failures in operator–contractor safety-management bridging arrangements.
Classifications: Corrosion; corrosion damage.
Classifications: Falls from height; fall from height.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Contractor management; contractor assurance.
Classifications: Exclusion zones; red zones; restricted access zones.
Classifications: Safety communication; toolbox talk; toolbox talks.
Classifications: Stop-work authority; stop work; stop-work intervention.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The United States’ Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) has published BSEE Panel Report 2021-001 into a fatal fall from a platform in the Gulf of Mexico in 2019
IMCA SF 11/21. Themes: contractor management, corrosion, structural and asset integrity, working at height.