Safety Alert
Fibre reinforced plastic deck gratings
Fibre reinforced plastic deck gratings
- NOPSEMA
- Safety Alert
- A339029
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueHot Work and FireManagement of ChangeStructural and Asset Integrity
- FireRisk managementStructural and asset integrity
- Evacuation, escape and rescueManagement of changeRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
This alert examines replacement of steel emergency-route gratings with fibre-reinforced plastic without considering hydrocarbon-fire vulnerability. Such gratings may look intact after fire exposure yet fail under a person’s load. It emphasises change assessment, sourcing safety information and comparing required post-fire performance with supplier specifications.
Classifications: Fire; fire safety.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Structural and asset integrity; asset integrity; structural integrity.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Management of change; MOC; change management.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
Safety alert warning that fibre-reinforced plastic deck gratings may fail after exposure to hydrocarbon fires.
A339029. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, hot work and fire, management of change, structural and asset integrity.