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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
20 Safety Alert 20 - Exxon Offshore Storage & Treating Vessel Santa Ynez
113 Safety Alert 113 - Fire
142 Safety Alert 142 - Pollution Because of Failure of Level Safety High Sensor and Level Controller
171 Safety Alert 171 - List of Gulf of Mexico OCS Region Safety Alert and Accident Investigation Reports Concerning Blowouts
20 Safety Alert 20 - Crane Accident, Fatality
229 Safety Alert 229 - Inadequate Job Planning Results in Atmospheric Release of Gas
5 Safety Alert 5 - Flash Fires/Explosions
79 Safety Alert 79 - Fatality and Injury, Crane Accident
24 Safety Alert 24 - Chevron Platform Gail
235 Safety Alert 235 - Multiple Cable Transit Failures
12 Safety Alert 12 - Accidents
116 Safety Alert 116 - Fire While Starting Diesel Engine with Gas-Driven Engine
145 Safety Alert 145 - Tubing String Equipment Failure During a Plug and Abandonment Operation
174 Safety Alert 174 - Accumulation of Gas in Living Quarters Results in Explosion, Fire, and Injuries
202 Safety Alert 202 - TemporaryCraneSupportFailure, Fatality
231 Safety Alert 231 - Human Engineering Factors Result in Increasing Number of Riser Disconnects
52 Safety Alert 52 - Fire, Fuel Hose Ruptured
81 Safety Alert 81 - Blowout
27 Safety Alert 27 - Exxon Company, U.S.A. Platform Harmony Santa Ynez Unit