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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Safety Alerts Program

 

BSEE Safety Alerts are tools used by BSEE to inform the offshore energy industry of the circumstances surrounding an incident or a near miss. They also contain recommendations that should help prevent the recurrence of such an incident on the OCS.

Safety Alerts Program

Number Title Date Category
254 Safety Alert 254 - Falling Drill Pipe Causes Fatality
253 Safety Alert 253 - Plug and Abandonment of Non-producing Wells and Facilities
252 Safety Alert 252 - Retrieving Storm Packers
251 Safety Alert 251 - Collapse of Pipe Supporting Coil Tubing Causes Drowning
250 Safety Alert 250 - Plug and Abandonment Operations Lead to Fatality and Brief Loss of Well Control
246 Safety Alert 246 - Stainless Steel Tubing-Related Fires
242 Safety Alert 242 - 2006 Fatalities
241 Safety Alert 241 - Shallow-Gas Blowout and Rig Evacuation
240 Safety Alert 240 - Conducting Activities In the Vicinity of Offshore Pipelines
239 Safety Alert 239 - Casing Bleed-down into Plastic Drum Results in Fire on Platform
238 Safety Alert 238 - Floorhand Crushed During a Through-Rotary Man-Riding Operation
231 Safety Alert 231 - Human Engineering Factors Result in Increasing Number of Riser Disconnects
197 Safety Alert 197 - Environmental Design Criteria
182 Safety Alert 182 - Post-Hurricane Startup Procedures Fail to Identify Pipeline Damage Resulting in Oil Spill
168 Safety Alert 168 - Twisted Valve Stem and Ineffective Level Safety High Result in Oil Spill
9 Safety Alert 9 - Platform Helideck Obstructions
6 Safety Alert 6 - Pipeline Damaged by Grappling Hook
86 Safety Alert 86 - Stabbing Board Struck by Travelling Block
124 Safety Alert 124 - Pedestal Crane Boom Wire Rope Failure
109 Safety Alert 109 - Fire
3 Safety Alert 3 - Drill Ship Damage by Liquid Nitrogen Spill
75 Safety Alert 75 - Helicopter Crashes: 17 Fatalities
9 Safety Alert 9 - Fatality
60 Safety Alert 60- Gas Starter Fire: Man Burned
58 Safety Alert 58 - Fatality, Stabbing Board Falls
46 Safety Alert 46 - Fire: Lube Oil on Engine Exhaust
42 Safety Alert 42 - Hydraulic Pump Reservoir Ruptures
1 Safety Alert 1 - Well Kick Due to Swabbing
30 Safety Alert 30 - Fire in Generator Turbine
29 Safety Alert 29 - Heater Explodes
1 Safety Alert 1 - Flash Fire from Liquid Phase Heat Transfer Unit
111 Safety Alert 111 - Blowout and Fire
140 Safety Alert 140 - Uncontrolled Well Flow and Pollution During Workover Operations
17 Safety Alert 17 - Fire, Men Burned
199 Safety Alert 199 - Blowout and Fire
227 Safety Alert 227 - Explosion and Fire on Platform Caused by Improper Welding and Burning Practice
48 Safety Alert 48 - Flash Fire, Men Burned
77 Safety Alert 77 - Fire, Generator Building
17 Safety Alert 17 - Unocal Production Department, Platform Irene
51 Safety Alert 51 - Helmerich & Payne, Inc. Platform Heritage Drilling Contractor For Exxonmobil Company
10 Safety Alert 10 - Lifting Operations
114 Safety Alert 114 - Fire
143 Safety Alert 143 - Compressor Fire During Maintenance Operation
172 Safety Alert 172 - Personnel Overexposed to Carbon Monoxide
200 Safety Alert 200 - Subsea Equipment Failure Leads to Deepwater GOM Pollution
23 Safety Alert 23 - Sump Tank Fire, Man Burned
50 Safety Alert 50 - Flash Fire, Man Burned
8 Safety Alert 8 - Catalytic Gas Heaters
22 Safety Alert 22 - Unocal Platform Henry OCS-P-0240 Santa Barbara Channel
233 Safety Alert 233 - Potential Obstructions to Mariners and Offshore Operators