Safety Alerts Archive

Alert 11 – 25 Defective Clutch Results in Dropped Top Drive

Alert 11 – 24 Three Dropped-Object Incidents Occur While Tripping Out of the Hole

Alert 11 – 23 Bent Hinge Pin Results in Near Miss

Alert 11 – 22 Failure of BOP Ram Yolk Results in a Natural Gas Release from BOP

Alert 11 – 21 Near Miss – Lack of Inspection Results in Dropped Iron Roughneck

Alert 11 – 20 Drill Line Pulls Through Wire Rope Snake While Stringing Blocks

Alert 11 – 19 Drilling Line Slips Out of Retainer Clamp Results in Rig Downtime

Alert 11 – 18 Dropped Object – Pin Falls From Top Drive Results in a Near Miss

Alert 11 – 17 Finger Injury During 9 ⅝” Casing Run

Alert 11 – 16 High Potential Near Miss – Hoisting Line Disconnected from Drawworks Drum

Alert 11 – 15 Welding Operation Results in a Fire in the Store Room

Alert 11 – 14 High Potential Near Miss – Dropped Object

Alert 11 – 13 Rig Move – Caught Between Truck and Load

Alert 11 – 12 Dropped Object – Low Pressure Riser Dropped 50 Feet

Alert 11 – 11 Finger Pinched in Closing Tong Gate Results in a Restricted Work Case

Alert 11 – 10 Improper Use of Sledgehammer Results in a Lost Time Accident

Alert 11 – 09 Improperly Mounted Rig Floor Winch Results in Hi-Potential Near Hit

Alert 11 – 08 Unsecured Guard Results in MTO

Alert 11 – 07 Adjusting the Link Assembly on Pipe Spinner Results in a Restricted Work Case (RWC)

Alert 11 – 06 Near-Hit Incident – Dropped Object Pipe Handling Push-Arm Fell to the Rig Floor

Alert 11 – 05 Fall Incident During Rig Up Results in Fatal Injuries

Alert 11 – 04 Transfer Pumps (Primer Cap Hazards)

Alert 11 – 03 Laying Down Joint of Casing Results in a Fall

Alert 11 – 02 Lifting Operation Results in a Fatality

Alert 11 – 01 Sand Line Flagging Operation Results in Fatality