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7 July 2003

Alert 03 – 29 Sandblasting Activity Results in an Injection Injury

Alert 03 – 29 Sandblasting Activity Results in an Injection Injury WHAT HAPPENED: While sandblasting in the mud pits, an employee lost control of a sandblasting nozzle,
7 July 2003

Alert 03 – 27 Fall from Rig Floor Results in Serious Injuries

Alert 03 – 27 Fall from Rig Floor Results in Serious Injuries WHAT HAPPENED: While numbering drill pipe for a tally, a worker fell 4.27 meters (14.9
7 January 2003

Alert 03 – 02 Laying Down Pipe Results in a Fall

Alert 03 – 02 Laying Down Pipe Results in a Fall WHAT HAPPENED: The rig crew was using the air hoist to lay out drill pipe. As
8 December 2002

Alert 02 – 55 Fall from Ladder Results in a Fatality

Alert 02 – 55 Fall from Ladder Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: This incident occurred outside the oil and gas drilling industry, but it brings to
8 October 2002

Alert 02 – 46 Fall from Mud Pump

Alert 02 – 46 Fall from Mud Pump WHAT HAPPENED: A derrickman opened the relief valve to bleed off the mud pump then made repairs to stop
8 July 2002

Alert 02 – 32 Personnel Hoisting Incidents

Alert 02 – 32 Personnel Hoisting Incidents WHAT HAPPENED: While a rig crew was nippling down cementing head following a casing job, an employee was suspended from a
8 May 2002

Alert 02 – 19 Rigging Down Operations Results in a Fall

Alert 02 – 19 Rigging Down Operations Results in a Fall WHAT HAPPENED: While rigging down the rig to move, the derrickman was climbing the middle sub
8 March 2002

Alert 02 – 13 Failure to Wear Fall Protection Results in a Fatality

Alert 02 – 13 Failure to Wear Fall Protection Results in a Fatality WHAT HAPPENED: An employee was working on a suspended walkway with handrails, located under
9 June 2001

Alert 01 – 20 Energy Forces Must be Taken into Account

Alert 01 – 20 Energy Forces Must be Taken into Account WHAT HAPPENED: The IADC Accident Statistics Program shows that the majority of incidents that occur in