Safety Flash
Fatality involving offshore drilling pipe rack flingers
Fatality involving offshore drilling pipe rack flingers
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 13/01
- Dropped ObjectsInspection and MaintenanceStructural and Asset Integrity
- Dropped objectsMechanical failureStructural and asset integrity
- DrillingInspection and maintenance
- Upstream oil and gas
Summary
A derrick pipe rack finger fell while two roustabouts positioned a pipe stand, killing one and injuring the other. Preliminary findings indicated weld failure near its base. The flash relays MMS recommendations to inspect fingers in use or scheduled for use to verify structural integrity.
Classifications: Dropped objects; falling objects; DROPS.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Drilling; well drilling.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Summary
A pipe rack finger fell from a derrick after a weld failure, killing one worker and injuring another.
IMCA SF 13/01. Themes: dropped objects, inspection and maintenance, structural and asset integrity.