Current Safety Alerts

    SAFETY AT ALL LEVELS...AT ALL TIMES

    Safety Alerts are tools used by BSEE to inform the offshore oil and gas 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. Previous Safety Alerts located here.

    Current Safety Alerts
    Date Issued Title
    02/01/2013 Boom Hoist Wire Rope Failure Results in Fatality
    01/29/2013 Lower Marine Riser Package (LMRP) Connector Failure
     07/02/2012 Pressure beneath a Surface Bridge Plug Blows Work String out of Well
    04/13/2012 Fall/Fatality during P&A/Platform Abandonment: Supervision, Operational, Equipment, and Organization Errors
    03/09/2012 Unplanned Emergency Disconnect Sequence (EDS) of the Lower Marine Riser Package
    01/31/2012 Failure to Properly Bleed Tubing Hanger Void Results in Injury  
    12/30/2011 Electric Line Failure from Corrosion Results in Injury  
    11/10/2011 Safety Alert for the Macondo Well Blowout  
    09/29/2011 Potable Water Pressure Tank Bladder Rupture  
    05/25/2011 SAFETY ALERT: Heater-Treater Fire Forces Evacuation of Platform  
    05/12/2011 Catastropic Failures in Mooring Systems Possibly Put Floating Structures at Risk
    04/06/2011 Compressor Fire Resulting from Separated Fuel Line Coupling  
    04/14/2011 Blowout Preventer Automatic Mode (Deadman) Activation
    03/21/2011 Platform RTU Battery Charger Fire
    02/22/2011 Synthetic Base Mud (SBM) Inadvertently Discharged Overboard
    01/10/2011 Cutting into Process Piping Results in Pollution Event
    10/14/2010 Plugged Flame Arrestor Results in Rupture of Oil Storage Tanks
    09/27/2010 Failure to Follow Lock-Out/Tag-Out Procedures Results in Gas Release  
    07/07/2010 Pipe Handling Operations Result in Fatality
    06/06/2010 Hot Bolting Fire
    04/30/2010 Safety Alert on the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Fire Resulting in Multiple Fatalities and Release of Oil