7 January 2003
Alert 03 – 05 Radio Antenna Contacts High Voltage Power Lines WHAT HAPPENED: During a recent rig move, an incident occurred involving electrical power lines. The rig
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16 October 2001
Alert 01 – 38 Overhead Power-Line Contact WHAT HAPPENED: A D6C Side-boom was being used to load nine lengths of pipe onto the back of a crew
9 March 2001
Alert 01 – 08 EPIRB Operational Matters WHAT HAPPENED: A French fishing vessel sank off the French Antilles in February 1999. There was a delay by the COSPAS-SARSAT
5 March 2000
Alert 00 – 09 Ground/Bonding Wire WHAT HAPPENED: A contract service company that cleans tanks and vessels experienced an explosion inside a special high-capacity vacuum truck used to
5 March 2000
Alert 00 – 08 Microwave Oven Safety WHAT HAPPENED: A rig worker heated a cup of water in a microwave oven. When he removed it from the
6 August 1999
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 July 1999
Alert 99 – 21 Third Party Electrocution WHAT HAPPENED: Recently the configuration of an electrical connection on third party equipment contributed to a tragic fatality on board an
6 May 1998
Alert 98 – 22 Lightning Protection WHAT HAPPENED: Lightning struck a drilling rig, causing a failure of the electronic Pit Volume Totalizer (PVT) system. One mud pump was
6 May 1998
Alert 98 – 21 Welding Shop Trash Cans WHAT HAPPENED: A garbage can located in the welding shop of an offshore rig caught fire. The can was