Safety Flash
UK HSE: oil company fined after serious failure of elevator
UK HSE: oil company fined after serious failure of elevator
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 17/25
- Confined SpaceMachinery and EquipmentRegulation and Legislation
- Confined space hazardsMechanical failureRegulation and legislation
- Inspection and maintenance
- Alarm managementOperating and work procedures
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
An IMCA safety flash describes three workers encountering water while descending in a lift on the FPF-1 platform for inspection work. They stopped the lift and returned safely without injury. Hardware failures, incorrect operating procedures and absent water alarms were identified; enforcement included a £300,000 fine and an improvement notice.
Classifications: Confined space hazards; confined-space hazards.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Inspection and maintenance; asset inspection; equipment maintenance.
Classifications: Alarm management.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The UK HSE has fined a North Sea oil and gas operator £300,000 after three crew members descended into a water filled lift shaft on a floating platform in the North Sea causing them to become partially submerged.
IMCA SF 17/25. Themes: confined space, machinery and equipment, regulation and legislation.