Learning Moment 6 Mar 2017 Making a meal of lifting operations During a routine lifting operation from quayside to vessel, whilst attempting to lower a pallet laden with stores through a deck hatch, the load contacted the corner of the hatch, damaging the pallet and caused the majority of the 902kg contents to fall 7.2m to the deck area below. Although the pall… View Learning Moment
Alert 20 Feb 2017 Rope Access Harness Incident On day 14-to-15 the work party technician noticed at the end of the shift that his harness was badly damaged. It was reported on site to the client and a 'Time Out for Safety' was called. It was then discussed on the following shift via the Toolbox Talk. Based on witness statements, the harness be… View Alert
Alert 16 Jan 2017 Gas Leak from vent line within turbine enclosure During the above process, the gas detector within the turbine enclosure activated. The GPA was activated when the gas detector went into High/High alarm and subsequently shut down the turbine. Snoop tests confirmed that the release had come from a join between the flexible/hard pipe section within t… View Alert
Alert 9 Jan 2017 Advisory Note - Cargo operations offshore causing damage Incident 1: A CCU being back loaded from an installation impacted on a container already backloaded, the impact on the CCU caused it to then swing into a safe haven where it caught on the anti-snag bar and damaged the bar. Incident 2: A drill pipe backloaded from an installation swung inside a sa… View Alert
Learning Moment 6 Dec 2016 Engagement Moment - A divided opinion of risk Cleaning and blasting on live hydrocarbon-containing lines Concern that the enclosure prevented natural ventilation and allowed the potential for an explosive gas mixture Concern was raised through the normal company channels but workers felt the issue was not sufficiently addressed. It escalated to… View Learning Moment
Alert 28 Nov 2016 Slickline Hand Jarring results Lost Time Injury Whilst carrying out well services operations on an NUI (Normally Unmanned Installation), a member of the well services crew sustained an injury to their lower right leg. At the time of incident the injured person (IP) was in the process of hand jarring the wireline and in doing so he placed his righ… View Alert
Alert 17 Nov 2016 Unmanifested dangerous good loaded onto helicopter During routine helicopter operations a helideck assistant (HDA) picked up a case containing a water testing kit whilst back loading cargo onto the Helicopter. This cargo was not destined for the Helicopter and as such was not on the manifest. The heliport was advised of the error after the helicopte… View Alert
Alert 9 Nov 2016 Near Miss (with high potential) : Failure of Safety Gate Bar In the process of stepping onto the ladder on level 2 gantry the safety gate bar came adrift from its hinge bracket. The individual already had one foot and his other hand on the ladder but still swung round and fell back against the backscratcher, just arresting a fall. Individual replaced the gate… View Alert
Alert 1 Nov 2016 Rope access anchor sling supplied with ferrule not crimped Whilst setting up for a task the rope access team required 4 off wire anchor slings. When attaching the slings they appeared to be fit for purpose and correct. The defect was not observed during several visual check points. With no load having been applied the defect was discovered on one of the sl… View Alert
Alert 4 Oct 2016 Lifeboat launch capability compromised Scaffolding had been erected to allow safe access for vendor personnel access to surrounding structure, this involved erecting scaffold in close proximity to the lifeboat. During a worksite visit it was noted that the scaffold had been erected around the winch chain on the aft end of the lifeboat. … View Alert
Learning Moment 20 Sept 2016 Corrosion of Hollow Sections - Safety Moment Structural box section steelwork can corrode from the inside and can’t be seen until it’s too late. In this instance, the internal corrosion in the structure had not been identified by previous inspections until the base metal was completely corroded, exposing holes in the members. View Learning Moment