Bulletin
Safety Bulletin - Hazardous Offshore Work
Safety Bulletin - Hazardous Offshore Work
- NOPSEMA
- Bulletin
- A942132
- Control of WorkHuman FactorsLifting OperationsLine of Fire
- Line of fireRegulation and legislationRisk management
- Lifting operationsRigging
- Personal protective equipment
- Operating and work proceduresRisk assessment
- Upstream oil and gas
- Offshore installation
Summary
Following a recent offshore fatality, this bulletin revisits risk assessment for rigging and moving loads. It explains the hierarchy of controls, prioritising elimination and engineering measures over administrative controls and PPE. It emphasises reassessment when circumstances change, executive oversight and statutory duties, without establishing incident root causes.
Classifications: Line of fire; struck-by hazards.
Classifications: Regulation and legislation; safety legislation; regulatory requirements.
Classifications: Risk management; risk evaluation.
Classifications: Lifting operations; load lifting; hoisting.
Classifications: Rigging; slinging.
Classifications: Personal protective equipment; PPE; personal protection equipment.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Risk assessment; hazard assessment.
Classifications: Upstream oil and gas; oil and gas extraction; upstream petroleum.
Classifications: Offshore installation; offshore platform; offshore rig.
Summary
The bulletin highlights risk assessment and control principles for hazardous work involving rigging, manipulating and moving loads.
A942132. Themes: control of work, human factors, lifting operations, line of fire.