104 – Elevators

5 May 2000

Alert 00 – 14 Near Fatal Injury when Pipe Dropped from Elevators

Alert 00 – 14 Near Fatal Injury when Pipe Dropped from Elevators WHAT HAPPENED: Several incidents have occurred where 2-7/8″ drill pipe or 2-7/8″ pup joints have
6 October 1999

Alert 99 – 32 Top Drive Swivel Stem Parted

Alert 99 – 32 Top Drive Swivel Stem Parted WHAT HAPPENED: The rig experienced a drilling break. While picking up the drill string to check for flow,
6 August 1999

Alert 99 – 25 Elevator Fatality

Alert 99 – 25 Elevator Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: A dry-dock shipyard incident resulted in a fatality when a shipyard elevator operator fell from the elevator just below its
6 March 1999

Alert 99 – 11 Drill Pipe Slips

Alert 99 – 11 Drill Pipe Slips WHAT HAPPENED: 1. Incident No. 1 – Employee caught his hand between the drill pipe slips and the elevators during a
6 May 1998

Alert 98 – 26 More on Casing Safety

Alert 98 – 26 More on Casing Safety WHAT HAPPENED: After running all 9-5/8″ casing, the 10-3/4″ 500-ton elevator was rigged up with the operating lever facing the
6 May 1998

Alert 98 – 25 Full Body Harness Safety

Alert 98 – 25 Full Body Harness Safety WHAT HAPPENED: A rig crew was tripping drill pipe into the hole. The elevators were coming up through the