Safety while Repairing and Replacing Drive Chains and Greasing the Rig Drive Chain Repair: Drive chains are used in the drawworks, compound, as drives between the compound
SAFETY: From Rig Up to Spud Each crewmember should be assigned certain jobs while rigging up or down. All personnel should become acquainted with the rig
Rig Up/Down Elevator Links Elevator Link (The Bails) Care should be taken when rigging up the elevator links. A pre-job meeting should be held to discuss
Dangers while Working Drill Pipe Working around tubulars is where most injuries occur on drilling rigs and as with drill collars, working around drill pipe has
Dangers while Working Drill Collars Working around tubulars is where most injuries occur on drilling rigs. Drill collars are extremely heavy and extra care needs to
Catheads and Catlines To improve safety on drilling rigs, manual catheads with catlines are being replaced with hydraulic and air type winches, but manual catheads with