Alert 6 Jun 2023 Use of hand held power tools Who is at risk? Those who regularly use hand held power tools e.g. • Air needle guns • Air/110v 5” grinders • Air/110v pistol drills • Hand held drills Control the risk in using portable equipment • Equipment to be checked regularly to ensure its fit for purpose • Personnel using equipment are comp… View Alert
Alert 5 Jun 2023 Collapse of false ceiling - service station shop 4 workers from an external contractor company were performing work to replace the roof gutter of a store. These workers were positioned on the roof wearing harnesses and lifelines. They pulled the central gutter in order to remove it. This motion affected the structure of the false ceiling, resultin… View Alert
Learning Moment 29 May 2023 Differential pressure: dummy choke ejected close to divers A dummy choke insert was ejected from a water injection (WI) tree by force of differential pressure, while divers were working nearby. A Dive team was removing a dummy choke insert and replacing it with a choke valve insert. The WI tree had been subject to hydrate remediation works. With no hydrat… View Learning Moment
Alert 26 May 2023 Practical Videos on carrying out fluid quality checks on metal working fluids released Exposure to metalworking fluids can cause serious lung disease, so it is really important that the right control measures and fluid quality checks are in place. The United Kingdom Lubricants Association Metalworking Fluid Product Stewardship Group, in partnership with HSE and the University of Shef… View Alert
Alert 24 May 2023 Unauthorised Removal of Insulation A technician identified flashing/arcing on heat tracing tape, attached to a process line, close to where they were working. The Supervisor requested the heat tracing be isolated. When Electrical personnel went to formally isolate the circuit the residual current breaker (RCB) had already tripped as… View Alert
Alert 24 May 2023 Injuries Sustained from a 2m Fall Between Decks A members Anchor Handling Vessel was alongside in port and had just finishing off a demob for a contract. The Bosun and Chief Officer who were on the main deck heard a loud bang from inside the winch hanger. Upon investigation they found the IP in the port chain Shute on the main deck. IP was consci… View Alert
Alert 24 May 2023 Stretcher Bearers There have been concerns raised by offshore personnel in relation to the performance of stretcher bearer duties in the event that support is required by dedicated Emergency Response Teams. There have been recent instances where concerns have related to a lack of consultation in the assignment of rol… View Alert
Alert 24 May 2023 Property Damage – Scaffolding Lifting Frame An establishment were requested to erect scaffolding at the request of the platform to support another contractor with operations to pull out a seal that was stuck on a wellhead. A rigging arrangement was applied to the scaffold lifting frame and a scaffold ladder beam failed and bent during liftin… View Alert
Alert 24 May 2023 Metal Debris An individual came across some old scaffold 'feet' which had corroded, come away from the scaffold tube and laying loose on grating near an air intake. In high winds, the debris could have caused injury or damage to equipment. The loose debris was removed and replaced in the metal waste skip. View Alert
Learning Moment 22 May 2023 This is not a circus Joseph Strauss and the Golden Gate Bridge • Joseph Strauss - Chief Structural Engineer of Golden Gate bridge (Construction 1933 – 1937) • 31 fatalities expected and project would have still been viewed as a success (at that time for every $1million spent = 1 fatality expected. Estimated cost of cons… View Learning Moment
Alert 22 May 2023 Inadvertent unlocking of tubing hanger with the BOP annular open and pressure below the tubing hanger During the abandonment of a well, while performing operations to remove hydrocarbons and excess pressure from the annulus, the tubing hanger was inadvertently unlocked from the horizontal xmas tree. Following the unlocking of the hanger, well pressure lifted the hanger and upper completion, releasi… View Alert
Alert 4 May 2023 HSE Alert - High concentration of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in cargo and slop tanks Issue HSE has identified high concentrations of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in ullage spaces of cargo and slop tanks onboard some FPSOs and FSUs operating in UKCS. The high concentrations (up to 16,000ppm) is above the upper measuring limits of the standard portable gas monitoring equipment generally use… View Alert