48 – Arms

8 August 2002

Alert 02 – 36 Hand Grinder Incident Results in Arm Laceration

Alert 02 – 36 Hand Grinder Incident Results in Arm Laceration WHAT HAPPENED: An employee was using a hand held pneumatic grinder to polish a metal table.
8 June 2002

Alert 02 – 25 Greasing Crown Assembly – Near Miss

Alert 02 – 25 Greasing Crown Assembly – Near Miss WHAT HAPPENED: While greasing a deadline sheave, a Roustabout (who had never been to the crown before)
16 September 2001

Alert 01 – 32 Fatal Incident – Crewman Crushed

Alert 01 – 32 Fatal Incident – Crewman Crushed WHAT HAPPENED: While building mud weight a crew of roustabouts were mixing barite using super sack bags. They picked
9 February 2001

Alert 01 – 05 Alternative Cutting Tools

Alert 01 – 05 Alternative Cutting Tools WHAT HAPPENED: There have been a significant number of knife related injuries occurring to employee’s arms, hands, legs and fingers. Many
6 May 1999

Alert 99 – 16 Ladder Safety

Alert 99 – 16 Ladder Safety WHAT HAPPENED: A fiberglass A-frame ladder split halfway up the ridge of the leg rail, causing a worker on the ladder
6 April 1999

Alert 99 – 13 Using Equipment Under Pressure

Alert 99 – 13 Using Equipment Under Pressure WHAT HAPPENED: Two persons were injured while using a hydraulic torque tool to break out bonnet bolts on BOP’s.
6 April 1999

Alert 99 – 12 Identifying Control Panel Valves

Alert 99 – 12 Identifying Control Panel Valves WHAT HAPPENED: The crew reported to work without one crewmember. The rig supervisor assisted the crew in making a connection.
6 January 1999

Alert 99 – 05 Wire Rope Failure

Alert 99 – 05 Wire Rope Failure WHAT HAPPENED: A floorman was moving a drill pipe hydraulic torque wrench over to some subs on the rig floor
6 May 1998

Alert 98 – 15 Trapped Fluid Hazards

Alert 98 – 15 Trapped Fluid Hazards WHAT HAPPENED: A motorman was removing a threaded two-inch to one-inch swedge from a two-inch ball valve and nipple. The swedge