Alert 06 – 20 Failure to Stop Unsafe Operations Results in a Broken Ankle

Alert 06 – 20 Failure to Stop Unsafe Operations Results in a Broken Ankle

WHAT HAPPENED:

An employee was helping to rig down a third party operation at the rig. The employee felt it was necessary to stand on the catwalk while preparing the equipment for off – loading. A 15 foot section of pipe was hanging in the V-door and the bottom was on the catwalk. Somehow the end of the pipe slipped off of the edge of the catwalk, knocking the employee off the catwalk and breaking his ankle.

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