Alert 7 Sept 2018 Hydraulic hose failure: risk of injection injury A Mechanical Technician was using hydraulic flange spreaders to remove a gasket from pipework during a shutdown. Pre-use checks had been conducted and approved gloves were being worn. He was holding the hydraulic flange spreaders in the correct manner, by their handle. The flange spreaders were bein… View Alert
Learning Moment 3 Aug 2018 Transportation of compressed gas cylinders A deckcrew member was securing them by strapping them to a standard wooden pallet. One of the bottles fell, fracturing the valve. This caused a rapid depletion of air and the cylinder was propelled around the container. View Learning Moment
Alert 30 Jul 2018 11" Rigsaver air shut off Valve - Safety Bulletin Diesel engines used for offshore power generation should be fitted with a shut off valve that blocks the engines intake system, cutting off both the external fuel source and air required to keep the engine running, preventing the catastrophic consequences of diesel engine runaway. Legacy 11" air shu… View Alert
Alert 21 May 2018 Handrail section fell 20m from crane pedestal to lower deck walkway A section of guardrail weighing 55kgs fell 20m from a long-term disused and hard barriered crane pedestal perimeter walkway to a deck walkway directly below. View Alert
Alert 14 May 2018 Failure of potable water bunkering hose During the lift, when the hose end was 28m above the bunkering station, the hose parted immediately below the ferrule of the end coupling, allowing the hose to fall from this point. The hose impacted two members of the deck crew before the hose fell to sea. The persons involved reported to the medic… View Alert
Alert 16 Apr 2018 Gas Release from Ball Valve Grease Injection Fitting During routine operation, an audible gas release was detected by a platform operator. The release was investigated and the source was identified as a grease injection fitting on a ball valve. The grease injection fitting was a screwed fitting in the ball valve, for grease injection into the downstre… View Alert
Alert 26 Mar 2018 Warning Signs - safety moment video Global Major Accidents from 1974 to 2013 are used to demonstrate that warning signs were present before the accidents occurred. View Alert
Alert 15 Mar 2018 The Safety Alert Paradox Everybody got angry and Somebody complained that they weren’t receiving Safety Alerts and that it must be Tradebody’s fault, but failed to remember that it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Somebody should do it, and Anybody knows Everybody should do it, but sadly Nobody realised that Everybody… View Alert
Learning Moment 3 Jan 2018 Preventing static dropped objects 2200kg of potential dropped objects were collected, equivalent to the the mass of two small cars. View Learning Moment
Alert 5 Dec 2017 Brushing crystalised product from pipework results in release An inspector was conducting visual inspection of pipework within the condensate sweetening unit of an onshore gas terminal when he observed some white crystalised product within a small area of An inspector was conducting visual inspection of pipework within the condensate sweetening unit of an onsh… View Alert
Alert 28 Nov 2017 LTI - Finger Injury While Using Safe Hands Tool Services team were working a vessel, load handling containers onto the skid deck using a safe hands tool (blind lift). All personnel within the Services team were competent and experienced in conducting the task. The container was landed onto the skid deck, to remove stored energy, as it was being m… View Alert
Alert 20 Nov 2017 Overfill of Helifuel Tank and Subsequent Ignition During the non-routine transfer of aviation fuel from one tank to another, an overfill of the tank occurred resulting in the release of approximately 0.57kg of aviation fuel through an open vent line on the recipient fuel tank. The released aviation fluid was projected onto nearby turbine exhaust pi… View Alert