Safety Alerts

Safety Alerts

IADC distributes HSE Alerts to Members as they are received. All Alerts issued will be archived on this web site. We welcome your ideas for future Safety Alerts.

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12 February 2024

Alert 24-2 – Dropped Object

4 January 2024

Alert 24-1 – Rig worker falls while descending derrick ladder

2 November 2023

Alert 23-6 – Rig personnel exposed to unrecognized stored-energy hazard

2 November 2023

Alert 23-5 – H2S released during rig reactivation activities

13 September 2023

Alert 23-4 – Electrical shock to rig personnel from third party rotating head hydraulic unit

7 August 2023

Alert 23-3 – Crew member caught between hydratong and pipe stump

4 May 2023

Alert 23-2 – Deck grating dislodged under wave action and forced up the side of the hull

1 February 2023

Alert 23-01 – Drill string severed/parted while laying down drill pipe

16 November 2022

Alert 22-06 Semi-submersible MODU Total Failure During Severe Weather Event

16 November 2022

Alert 22-05 Semi-submersible Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU) Unlatched From Well in Progress

14 November 2022

Alert 22-04 MUX Cables and Hotline Hose Damage results in BOP Control Pods Losing Power and Communications

3 November 2022

Alert 22-03 Vertical Ladder Fall Arrest Carrier Cable Parted From Derrick Crown

24 March 2022

Alert 22-02 Blackout Condition Results in Loss of Station Keeping Ability and Activates an Emergency Disconnect from the Well

15 February 2022

Alert 22-01 Crewmember burned while draining fluid from flare stack

22 October 2021

Alert 21-12 Floorman arm pinned by Pipe Handling Equipment

22 October 2021

Alert 21-11 Helideck Incidents

24 May 2021

Alert 21-09 Measurement While Drilling (MWD) Lithium Thionyl Chloride Cell Battery Explosion

24 May 2021

Alert 21-08 Fatality Caused by Explosion of Corroded Fire Extinguisher

30 April 2021

Alert 21-07 Blind Shear Door Blown Off BOP Body

30 April 2021

Alert 21-06 Uncontrolled release of Hydraulic Gooseneck Ring

30 April 2021

Alert 21-05 Dropped Joint of Casing while using a Casing Running Tool (CRT)

8 April 2021

Alert 21-04 H2S Alarm Activation

6 April 2021

Alert 21-03 Crushed By / Caught Between Fatality

6 April 2021

Alert 21-02 Two LTI’s result from dropped object while preparing to run BOP

22 March 2021

Alert 21-01 Marine Riser Drops to Drill Floor

27 October 2020

Alert 20-08 Work Platform Dropped Into Sea

31 July 2020

Alert 20-07 Uncontrolled Descent of Crane Boom

14 July 2020

Alert 20-05 Catastrophic Failure of Mud Centrifuge

30 June 2020

Alert 20-06 Crewman caught in the line of fire while using Riser Torque Wrench

27 May 2020

Alert 20-04 Blow Out Preventer (BOP) Drops to Seabed